Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has directed IG Police and Commissioner Karachi to ensure that no one in Karachi goes out of his house unnecessarily in view of the Corona epidemic. Karachi directed to impose a complete ban in Karachi after 6 pm, no one should leave the house unnecessarily, they will review the situation again on Friday, if the situation does not improve, further steps will be taken. ۔
The Chief Minister Sindh has constituted a ministerial committee in view of the current extraordinary increase in cases of corona in the province, especially in Karachi, which will persuade all stakeholders, including shopkeepers, traders, transporters and politicians, to co-operate with the government. Ensuring the protection of interests, otherwise the situation can be severely affected.
Presiding over a meeting of the Provincial Task Force on Corona Virus, the Sindh Chief Minister reviewed the overall situation of Kovid and termed it as worrisome and later audited the facilities available in government hospitals and decided to provide Kovid facilities in some other government hospitals. ۔ Briefing the meeting, Health Secretary Dr. Kazim Jatoi said that the proportion of KVD diagnoses in the province has reached 12.7% which is the highest in the fourth wave. On July 26, the diagnosis rate in Karachi was recorded at 26.32%.
On the occasion, the Sindh Chief Minister said that the assessment rate in Karachi was 20% on July 20, which increased to 23% on July 21, 21.54% on July 22, 23.46% on July 24, 24.82% on July 25 and 26 July. 26.32%, this is a very critical situation.
The meeting was informed that during the last one week from July 19 to July 25, the rate of covid in East Karachi District was 33%, Korangi 21%, Central 20%, West 19%, Malir and South 17%. It was pointed out that in the month of July, 362 deaths were reported from Corona, out of which 64% ie 233 died on ventilators, 23% ie 85 died without ventilators and 13% ie 44 deaths occurred in households. Of the 686 patients, 76 are on ventilators in the ICU and 690 are out of a total of 1,547 HDU beds. On this, the Sindh Chief Minister said that the pressure on the hospitals is increasing, so he directed the Health Secretary to provide KVID facilities in three hospitals of the Labor Department, Police Hospital, Liaquatabad and New Karachi Hospitals and Services and Korangi Hospitals. Make marquee-type arrangements. The Sindh Chief Minister was informed that a corona ward has been set up at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where 10 patients are admitted.
Murad Ali Shah directed the Health Secretary to provide technical staff to provide Corona facilities where needed. Reviewing the situation of corona virus in major cities of the country, the meeting was informed that there are two patients on ventilators in Muzaffarabad, 23 in Islamabad, 21 in Peshawar, 81 in Lahore, 18 in Multan and 76 in Karachi. The Sindh Chief Minister directed the Health Department to increase the number of corona tests in the city so that the affected people could be tested and the spread of the epidemic could be controlled. The provincial government has received 6,900,997 doses of various vaccines, out of which 5,620,977 doses have been used.
The Sindh Chief Minister said that some political friends were issuing irresponsible statements regarding closure of markets or other activities. He said that the people were being misled and they were taking strict measures to save the people of the province from epidemic diseases. He formed a committee comprising Local Government Minister Syed Syed Nasir Shah, Industry Minister Jam Ikram Dharijo, Transport Minister Owais Qadir Shah and Legal Adviser Murtaza Wahab to meet all stakeholders, including politicians, and brief them on the worrisome situation in Kuwait. The reference will be informed.
Murad Ali Shah directed the Additional IG Police and Commissioner Karachi to ensure timely closure of markets and also to close tuition centers and private gyms which are still open. He urged the people of the province to stay indoors and refrain from leaving their homes without a good reason. Shortly after chairing a meeting of the provincial task force, the Sindh chief minister held a meeting with the CEOs of private hospitals and appealed to them to upgrade the facilities related to KVID in their hospitals. The CEOs of private hospitals briefed the Sindh Chief Minister about the facilities provided to Corona patients and their efforts in vaccinating them. Murad Ali Shah directed the Health Secretary to form a WhatsApp group for closer liaison and guidance with private hospitals.
