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KARACHI: President Dr Arif Alvi today (Saturday) has expressed satisfaction over the adherence to COVID-19 related standard operating procedures (SOPs) by the people of Pakistan on Eid-ul-Fitr.
“The implementation of necessary precautions on Eid-ul-Fitr manifested the success of the government’s strategy,” the president said while chairing a high level meeting to review the government’s measures for containment of the pandemic.
Sindh Governor Imran Ismail, federal ministers Asad Umar and Ali Haider Zaidi, Senator Saif Abro, MNA Jai Prakash, MPAs Firdous Shamim Naqvi, Haleem Adil Sheikh, Khurram Sher Zaman, Bilal Ghaffar, Saeed Afridi and Advisor Mahmood Moulvi attended the meeting.
The President hoped that both the government and people would overcome the pandemic through their mutual cooperation. “The only strategy to prevent the coronavirus was to run the routine matters while observing the pandemic SOPs,” he added.
Talking to journalists after meeting, Asad Umar said that consequent to the government’s effective measures, a remarkable decline had been witnessed in COVID-19 cases.
Taking over the presser, Governor Imran Ismail said the people observed precautions during the Eid days which was laudable as the pandemic could be contained through use of masks, sanitizers and social distancing.