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KARACHI: Pakistan Coast Guards (PCG) has distributed free ration among the fishermen in Karachi and Balochistan amid coronavirus.
According to PCG spokesperson, the ration was distributed among the fishermen in Karachi’s Manhora, Jiwani Gwadar, and Pasni, who are passing through a testing time due to shutting down of their business amid coronavirus outbreak in the country.
The spokesperson further said that several PCG boats and more than 6500 personnel are on the vigilant to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, added that so far 284 boats and 4,256 fishermen have been screened during a week.
Earlier, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) activists on Sunday had distributed ration bags among 700 daily earner laborers and needy families in Karachi District South amid coronavirus outbreak.
Food package worth Rs 1500, comprising ten kg flour, five kg rice, two kg sugar, one-litre oil, hand sanitizers and masks were distributed to about 700 underprivileged families.
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Coronavirus disease has infected over 650,000 and claimed more than 30,000 lives since originating in Chinese city of Wuhan.
Pakistan’s count of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases ascended to 1601 on Monday, after more cases were reported from different parts of the country.
As per details novel (COVID-19) cases jumped to 1601 with 593 cases in Punjab, 502 cases in Sindh, 141 cases in Balochistan, 192 cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 43 cases in Islamabad, 124 cases in Giligit Baltistan and six case in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
