Lock Down in Sindh to End on August 9

Web Desk— Praising the Sindh government’s efforts to curb corona virus, the National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) announced that the province will lift its 9-day long lock down on August 9.

Chairman NCOC Asad Umar chaired a joint session also attended by chief minister Murad Ali Shah and Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan.

The coronavirus situation in Sindh, particularly in Karachi, “was discussed at length”, according to the statement.

It was decided that Sindh would follow the non-pharmaceutical intervention (NPI)- based guidelines the forum had announced for 13 high infection rate cities earlier this week, which include Karachi and Hyderabad.

It was decided that instead of full lock down, “smart lock down” in high disease prevalence areas will be enforced to curb the spread of the virus.