KARACHI: The number of COVID-19 infections in Sindh continued to rise this week, as the positivity ratio in the province hit 7 percent on Thursday.
During a meeting of the province’s Covid-19 task force, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah was informed that current positivity has been recorded at 10.75% in Karachi, 20% in Hyderabad, 9.48% in Sukkur and around 2.79% in other districts from between April 22 to 28.
The Sindh province reported more than 1,000 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours with four more patients succumbing to death, lifting the death toll to 4,633. The death ratio in the province has reached 1.7 percent.
Addressing the meeting, CM Murad pressed for the need for stricter measures to contain the spread of the virus. He directed IG police, DG Rangers and the Karachi commissioner to ensure businesses only operate during the allowed hours.
CM Sindh also formed a committee comprising of provincial ministers Nasir Shah, Saeed Ghani and Owais Shah to enforce measures after taking traders and transporters into confidence.
He was informed that a few private offices are not complying with the SOPs and not reducing staff to 20% as per instructions. He then directed the Karachi commissioner to seal all such private offices.
The meeting was further informed that inter-district bus transport will be banned starting tomorrow (Friday). The chief minister also directed to ensure strict compliance with inter-city bus transport.
