Featured CoronaVirus in Pakistan - Updates & Discussion

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Any update on lockdown?

 

[Pakistani Fighter]

Any update on lockdown?

Most probably to be increased to 2 weeks more

 

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[El Sidd]

Extend the lockdown till 23rd.

People should not be returning to work without PPEs and proper protocols in place.

Look towards mandating working in shifts. With the coming of the holy month of Ramadan, priorities the gradual commencement of the economic sector.

The government can industrialize the economy by chunks and sectors starting with Agriculture.

 

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There was an increase of 342 more cases in 24 hours. 283 People recovered in a day while 3 People died in 24 hours. Number of Tests conducted in 24 hours is still conducted

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1249989475821924354

 

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Seven policemen test positive for coronavirus in Karachi
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Seven policemen have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and sent to isolation centres established by the government of Sindh, said Karachi police chief Ghulam Nabi Memon on Monday.

Talking to The News, Additional IGP Memon said seven officials of the Sindh Police Department were found to have been infected with the virus.

He said the cops had not been performing lockdown duties, but they had been deployed as drivers or working at offices of various units of the Karachi police. He added that the cops were at their homes when they contracted the disease.

The patients include a driver of the Karachi police administration department, a personal staff officer, a gunman and a staffer of the investigation department. Memon said clear directions had been issued to first adopt preventives measures, including the wearing of masks and gloves and maintaining distance from each other. Moreover, he said, he had planned to give a day-off to officials who were performing duties at this crucial time considering their health.

He added that it was decided that all station house officers of police stations and deputy superintendents of police posted in Karachi would get the facility of the weekly day-off like the holiday facility available to people associated with other services.

Similarly, the Karachi police chief decided that all police personnel would get the facility of the weekly day-off. In this regard, the Karachi police department has given orders to all DIGs and SSPs posted in Karachi. Under the new plan of service, the DSPs will get the facility of the weekly day-off on Saturdays while the SHOs will get the same facility on Sundays.

On Sundays, the additional SHOs would act as SHOs of the police stations. The police personnel associated with every police station would similarly get the facility of a day-off under a proper time table.

Earlier, Additional IGP Memon directed that the police should ensure a crackdown against those persons who were making this difficult time an opportunity for themselves by collecting rations from different organisations and selling them in the market.

In this regard, the media has been requested to highlight and encourage the public to inform police about such swindlers so that effective action may be taken.

He also told the range DIGs and district SSPs in a meeting to ensure peace and security in Karachi during the coronavirus emergency.

Memon said that the range DIGs and the district SSPs would personally inspect their reserves and ensure inclusion of the most suitable manpower, besides giving them appropriate anti-riot gear for duties.

He added that the district SSPs should gear up their intelligence mechanism and collect information from the underprivileged localities in their AoR for any food shortage.

The welfare organisations will be encouraged to supply rations in such areas which are reported to have a shortage of food, under the mechanism worked out by the government. The additional IG of the Special Branch of Sindh police will also be requested to collect such information and share data horizontally at the district and zonal levels.

https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/643907-seven-policemen-test-positive-for-coronavirus-in-karachi

 

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Seven policemen test positive for coronavirus in Karachi
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Seven policemen have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and sent to isolation centres established by the government of Sindh, said Karachi police chief Ghulam Nabi Memon on Monday.

Talking to The News, Additional IGP Memon said seven officials of the Sindh Police Department were found to have been infected with the virus.

He said the cops had not been performing lockdown duties, but they had been deployed as drivers or working at offices of various units of the Karachi police. He added that the cops were at their homes when they contracted the disease.

The patients include a driver of the Karachi police administration department, a personal staff officer, a gunman and a staffer of the investigation department. Memon said clear directions had been issued to first adopt preventives measures, including the wearing of masks and gloves and maintaining distance from each other. Moreover, he said, he had planned to give a day-off to officials who were performing duties at this crucial time considering their health.

He added that it was decided that all station house officers of police stations and deputy superintendents of police posted in Karachi would get the facility of the weekly day-off like the holiday facility available to people associated with other services.

Similarly, the Karachi police chief decided that all police personnel would get the facility of the weekly day-off. In this regard, the Karachi police department has given orders to all DIGs and SSPs posted in Karachi. Under the new plan of service, the DSPs will get the facility of the weekly day-off on Saturdays while the SHOs will get the same facility on Sundays.

On Sundays, the additional SHOs would act as SHOs of the police stations. The police personnel associated with every police station would similarly get the facility of a day-off under a proper time table.

Earlier, Additional IGP Memon directed that the police should ensure a crackdown against those persons who were making this difficult time an opportunity for themselves by collecting rations from different organisations and selling them in the market.

In this regard, the media has been requested to highlight and encourage the public to inform police about such swindlers so that effective action may be taken.

He also told the range DIGs and district SSPs in a meeting to ensure peace and security in Karachi during the coronavirus emergency.

Memon said that the range DIGs and the district SSPs would personally inspect their reserves and ensure inclusion of the most suitable manpower, besides giving them appropriate anti-riot gear for duties.

He added that the district SSPs should gear up their intelligence mechanism and collect information from the underprivileged localities in their AoR for any food shortage.

The welfare organisations will be encouraged to supply rations in such areas which are reported to have a shortage of food, under the mechanism worked out by the government. The additional IG of the Special Branch of Sindh police will also be requested to collect such information and share data horizontally at the district and zonal levels.

https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/643907-seven-policemen-test-positive-for-coronavirus-in-karachi

 

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PM Imran tells people to continue taking precautions to avoid spike in cases


Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged people to continue taking precautions in order to avoid a spike in the coronavirus cases.

He repeated that so far, the number of cases in Pakistan is lower compared to the rest of the world, but that doesn't mean precautions should not be taken.

PM Imran to consult ulema over Ramazan plan

Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he will meet religious scholars to formulate a plan for the Ramazan so that citizens can observe the holy month without fear of the coronavirus spreading further.


Construction industry to start operations, PM Imran announces

Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced that the National Coordination Committee has decided to start operations of the construction industry from today.

He added that a majority had agreed to open select industries but provinces that think it would be too soon to lift restrictions, can decide to continue with the lockdown.

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Minister for Industries Hammad Azhar has said that the government has "identified industries where there is a low risk of the virus spreading" and they will be allowed to operate with standard operating procedures in place.

Those industries include:

• chemical and manufacturing plants
  
  
• e-commerce for export and local deliveries
  
  
• software development and programming
  
  
• paper and related products
  

 

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Next phase of repatriating overseas Pakistanis from abroad beginning from today

April 14, 2020

Next phase of repatriating overseas Pakistanis from abroad is beginning from Tuesday.

This was stated by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi while speaking at the meeting of Special Committee of the Parliament on coronavirus in Islamabad.

He said the stranded Pakistanis will be brought back through nine special flights.

The Foreign Minister said 39,748 Pakistanis are currently waiting for their repatriation to their homeland.

He said so for 1,640 Pakistanis have been repatriated through 12 special flights and now efforts will be made to bring back more and more Pakistanis in the next flight operation starting from today.

 

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All but six coronavirus patients at Sukkur quarantine camp have recovered, says Murtaza Wahab

Twitter/SenatorMurtaza Wahab (@murtazawahab1)/via Geo.tv
KARACHI: Sindh government spokesperson Senator Murtaza Wahab said Tuesday all but six coronavirus patients at the Sukkur quarantine facility have recovered and been discharged, highlighting the provincial leadership's strategy to contain the pandemic.

Wahab's remarks come amid an ongoing conflict between the federal government and the PPP's Sindh leadership, during which both parties have leveled allegations against each other. The provincial government's representative had also earlier defended themselves after the ruling PTI's ministers held a "fault-finding" press conference last week.

The Sindh government spokesperson said "some facts need to be highlighted to set the record straight at this stage" since the ruling PTI and federal ministers have been continuously issuing statements critical of the provincial leadership.

'National unity'
"Though we believe that Pakistan at this time needs national unity, that people need to work together collaboratively, some facts need to be highlighted to set the record straight at this stage," he said.

Read more: Firdous Awan says CM Sindh should talk to PM Imran instead of media

"Since the PTI is persistently boosting its anti-Sindh government narrative, I wish to speak of the positive effects of the PPP government's strategy," he added, referring to the Labour Colony quarantine centre in Sukkur where pilgrims coming from Iran via Taftan were shifted for testing and subsequent treatment.

"Everyone knows of and has spoken about the [issues at] the Taftan border quarantine facility so I won't speak much about that. All of the 1,193 people whom we shifted to the Sukkur quarantine facility were quarantined.

'Let's serve Pakistan together'
Noting that a majority of them recovered and were discharged, the spokesperson said the remaining 273 who tested positive for the coronavirus were shifted to isolation wards and looked after.

"Today, I'm happy to say that out of the 273 coronavirus patients, 267 have recovered and only six remain in isolation at the Sukkur quarantine centre," Wahab stressed.


SenatorMurtaza Wahab@murtazawahab1
https://twitter.com/murtazawahab1/status/1250046377670750211

سندھ نےکورونا کے خلاف پہل کرتے ہوئے آئیسولیشن کی تلقین کی،الحمد اللہ ہم اپنی حکمت عملی میں کامیاب ہوئے،جسکی مثال سکھر قرنطینہ ہے جہاں 1193 زائرین میں 273 پازیٹیو تھے انمیں سے 267 صحتیاب ہوگئے صرف 6مریض رہ گئے۔ہماری وفاق،صوبوں اور شہریوں سے اپیل ہے آئیے ملکر اس وباء کا مقابلہ کریں




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"This shows that wherever the Sindh government took initiative, we worked proactively. Not only did we identify them but we also looked after them and helped them recover.

"I believe this is the important point that everyone needs to understand, as to how we can protect our people from the coronavirus pandemic by isolating and working proactively.

"Please join and support us and let's serve Pakistan together. Pakistan Zindabad!"

'Running his own show'
A day prior, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Broadcasting and Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan had criticised Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, ratcheting up tensions between the centre and the province.

Also read: PTI leaders lash out at Sindh govt over coronavirus measures

Dr Awan had said Shah should talk to Prime Minister Imran Khan instead of speaking to "the media screens" and that if he had had any advice, he should have offered it to the National Coordination Committee (NCC). She also accused him of "running his own show" and refusing to cooperate.

The special assistant had said PM Imran had agreed to the chief minister's request for time to reopen some industries.

'Don’t want to engage in politicking'
Earlier, PTI leaders — including Water Resources Minister Faisal Vawda, Maritime Affairs Minister Ali Haider Zaidi, and Leader of Opposition in Sindh Assembly Firdous Shamim Naqvi — had lashed out at the Sindh government, saying its "incompetence" had caused the number of coronavirus cases to rise in the province.

Vawda had slammed the province's move to seal 12 union councils in Karachi, claiming he did not "want to engage in politicking at such a time but I had no choice".

The criticism from PTI leaders came after Sindh's number of coronavirus cases rose to 1,411 on Sunday, with two new deaths, but Punjab still led at 2,464 cases of the country's total of more than 5,200 — at that time.

Zaidi and Naqvi had criticised the PPP over its lax attitude towards Sindh's health sector, with the former saying it was the provincial government's responsibility after the 18th Amendment.

'Blind to Punjab's problems'
Zaidi had also claimed that "industries are open in US and Europe", adding that Sindh took decisions without strategising and rescinded them later.

The provincial government hit back at the Centre the same day, with Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani alleging the federal government was creating obstacles "at the behest of the prime minister" instead of lending a helping hand.

Related: PPP hits back at ruling PTI over criticism of Sindh's response to coronavirus

The PTI leaders "are becoming obstacles to work" on the response against the COVID-19 pandemic, Ghani had said. PM Imran "has let them loose to become hurdles in Sindh government’s work", he had added.

Wahab had hit back at Vawda, asking him if the governments of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had "brought the situation under control?"

'Sindh-government phobia'
"The minister raising a hue and cry over the non-availability of food to people in Sindh seems to be blind to Punjab's problems," he had said. "KP's hospitals paint a very sorry picture of the government's neglect.

"The prime minister's team suffers from a Sindh-government phobia," Wahab had said. The PTI ministers, "like always, are the worst enemies of the people".

On the other hand, Sindh Information Minister Nasir Shah had regretted the duplicity in the PTI ministers' thinking when it came to sealing off of areas.

"When Lahore's union councils are sealed off, there is nothing but praise for the decision. When Karachi's union councils were cordoned off, there was only criticism," Shah had highlighted.