Sindh govt likely to impose two-week lockdown in Karachi

F.P. Report

KARACHI: A decision on whether a two-week lockdown will be imposed in Karachi or not will be taken today during the provincial task force on coronavirus meeting at CM House on Friday.

Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah will chair the meeting, with provincial ministers and healthcare experts in attendance.

For the first time, parliamentary leaders of political parties have also been invited to the meeting, sources said.

The Sindh health department has recommended clamping a two-week complete lockdown to contain the spread of the pandemic in Karachi as the positivity rate has gone beyond an alarming 30 per cent in the megacity.

Given the unsettling circumstances of the COVID-19 re-surge in Karachi, the task force has received a strong proposal to impose a complete lockdown in the metropolis.

Medical experts and the health department suggested halting inter-city and intra-city commute for two weeks.

Educational institutions have also been proposed to be closed for two weeks, sources said.