KARACHI: Sindh government has announced to reopen primary schools from June 21 and other measures aimed at easing coronavirus restrictions.
The decision was made during a meeting of the COVID-19 Task Force chaired by Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah. The meeting also decided to open shrines, amusement parks and indoor gyms from June 28.
The meeting took note of the declining coronavirus cases in the province. However, it was decided to close down vaccination centres in the province on Sunday due to vaccine shortages.
The meeting was also briefed that the COVID-19 positivity ratio has reduced to 3.9% in the province and there is a persistent decline in cases.
The chief minister said there is a positivity ratio of 8.08% in Karachi, and 4.3% in Hyderabad, adding that districts East and South are still reporting a high number of cases. He shared that 263 people died from COVID-19 in June
He urged people to follow SOPs as it could lead to further decline in cases and ease in restrictions. He further announced to shut Covid vaccination centres in the province on Sunday owing to a shortage of vaccines.
He said the province will receive 1.5 million doses of SinoVac on June 21, 0.7 million doses of CanSino and 0.4 million jabs of PakVac on June 23, while the Sputnik-V vaccine would also be available by last week of June.
