Sindh Health Department recommends to contiunue closure of educational institutions
Sindh Health Department recommends closure of educational institutions amid Coronavirus fear.
The latets recommendation came fom an emergency meeting of provincial health department on Tuesday.
The meeting recommended it to Sindh Chief Minister after emergence of nine new cases of novel coronavirus in Karachi.
Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Pechuho also decided to issue an advisory for ban on gathering at public places.
She called for setting up coronavirus information desks at all hospitals across the province.
Sindh Health Department recommends
The representatives of the health ministry, district health officers (DHOs) and representatives of major hospitals in the province attended the meeting.
Moreover, health department meeting decided to issue an advisory today for 14 days local quarantine.
It also decided to inform the private hospitals on SOPs with regard to coronavirus positive cases.
The meeting reviewed the government measures and also discussed new strategy to tackle the emergency situation.
Officials concerned bruefed the meeting of isolation and coronavirus positive cases at the Gadap hopital.
Earlier, a spokesperson for the Sindh Health Department on Monday said that five of the eight people who tested positive for the disease had flown back from Syria via Doha.
However, the rest had returned from London via Dubai.
Overall 16 people have been tested positive for the virus in the country.
Minister Nasir Shah
Meanwhile, Sindh Information Minister Nasir Hussain Shah said the people diagnosed with the infection flew back from London and Syria on March 5 or 6.
He said passengers arriving at the Karachi airport are being screened.
He said flights coming from Dubai are not subjected to screening as those coming from coronavirus hot-spot China and Iran.
The government is treating the matter very seriously and special wards have been set up in Karachi and other cities of the province for COVID 19, Shah said. “A hospital in Sukkur with 500 beds has been allocated for coronavirus patients,” the minister further said.
“All arrangements have been made for those coming from Taftan border at the hospital,” he said.
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