KARACHI: Chief Minister of Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah has said Sindh needs strick Lockdown for two more weeks.
While addressing media, Chief Minister Sindh said “We cannot make decisions in isolation, the pandemic is affecting everybody”.
He said “We started working on the issue when the first case was reported” “We formed a task force, took help from wherever we could”.
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“We have been blamed for enforcing a lockdown without thinking, that is not true. There is only one way to deal with a pandemic”
CM Sindh said that the federal government didn’t listen to his advice of imposing lockdown earlier. “We imposed lockdown as per planning; first we closed schools, then shopping malls then recreational centers.
Had we imposed a countrywide lockdown in mid-March as I had suggested in a meeting, situation would have been different”, he said.
He added that the government is confused about whether to lift restrictions or continue imposing them. Briefing on the situation of Coronavirus, he said that one person has died of Coronavirus in Sindh in last 24 hours.
“Around 31 people have succumbed to this disease so far in Sindh. 37 people are in quarantine and 317 are under treatment in various hospitals. Around 1002 people are isolated in their houses.
We are urging people to maintain social distancing since day one. If I impose a decision to which people do not respond, it is a collective damage”, he added.
It is pertinent to remember that Pakistan reported 93 deaths from the novel Coronavirus while the total number of cases has surged to 5,374. “I agree that our economy has suffered the most due to the pandemic, but nothing is more important than human lives at the end of the day”, he remarked.
He added, “Even reports were surfacing of the PPP claiming that they have distributed rations among the needy but there was no proof.
Nasir Shah and other provincial ministers have ensured that ration bags are delivered at homes to needy without any inconvenience. Our target is to avoid crowds and practice social distancing”.
(With Additional Input from INP)
