KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that cooperation of public was essential during the lockdown.
The statement came during the 31st meeting of coronavirus task force. CM Murad chaired the meeting and said that the provincial government was focusing on the health system during lockdown.
During the meeting, the Chief Minister was briefed on the situation of coronavirus in Sindh and the steps that were taken to contain the outbreak of coronavirus.
The Chief Minister was informed that so far, a total of 469 cases have been reported in the province, out of which 265 are in Sukkur, 189 in Karachi, 1 in Dadu, 7 in Larkana and 7 in Hyderabad.
CM Murad was apprised that one of the cases in Karachi came from Italy, 7 Syria, 6 Dubai, 6 Iran, 1 Qatar, 7 Saudi Arabia, 6 Turkey, 5 United States, 2 Switzerland, 11 England and one patient from Iraq.
At the occasion, CM Murad said that 41 cases have been reported in the last three days, adding that Sindh government is trying to help the people and that it needed public cooperation to make the lockdown effective.
Earlier, the Sindh government had decided to employ even more strict measures in vegetable markets after increasing number of coronavirus cases were reported in the province. All vegetable markets in the province are to remain closed from 12:00 pm to 12:00 am.