KARACHI: Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani has assured that the provincial government will take the federal government on-board in decision making over tackling the COVID-19 pandemic.
Saeed Ghani said that the Sindh government still felt that the situation surrounding the coronavirus outbreak and spread was going to worsen after the current decisions.
He also urged citizens to act responsibly by staying at home as the country has bigger problems at hand dealing with coronavirus.
The minister said that the standard operating procedures (SOP) laid out by the government would be ensured with regards to easing the lockdown in place to control the virus’ spread.
The federal government earlier on Tuesday announced to extend the lockdown across the country for the next two weeks with the partial opening of some sectors.
In a meeting of the National Coordination Committee (NCC), the prime minister said the government made the tough decision of imposing lockdown in the country which was very well implemented due to the cooperation of the people.
The nationwide tally of COVID-19 patients has reached 5,975 with 2,945 cases in Punjab, 1,518 in Sindh, 865 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 240 in Balochistan, 233 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 131 in Islamabad, and 43 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
The virus has claimed 108 lives while at least 1,378 coronavirus patients have recovered. The number of cases has continued to soar despite the country being under lockdown for the third consecutive week.
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