KARACHI: Seven policemen of Karachi have been reported to have contracted the coronavirus and they have sent to isolation centres, said Karachi police chief Ghulam Nabi Memon.
It has raised concerns over the safety of the law enforcement personnel deployed on coronavirus duty, he said.
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 had been deployed as drivers or working at the offices of various departments.
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 policemen to adopt preventives measures, including the wearing of masks and gloves, and maintaining a distance from each other.
He added that it was decided that all station house officers of police stations and deputy superintendents of the police posted in Karachi would get a weekly day-off as well.
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 option of the weekly day-off on Saturdays, while the SHOs will get the same option 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 a day-off under a proper time table.
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