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Web Desk<\/strong>— 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The coronavirus situation in Sindh, particularly in Karachi, “was discussed at length”, according to the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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