Two new positive
coronavirus cases hav
e been detected in Larkana on Monday, which has brought the number of total positive cases to 65. It was revealed in a summary sent to this scribe by Meeran Yousuf, Media Coordinator to the provincial health minister.
According to the summary, total COVID-19 cases in Sindh are 2762 out of which 227 were found on Monday, 635 have so far recovered and 61 have died. Total active cases in Sindh are 2066. The summary further added that 850 cases hav
e been infected through local transmission, 65
8 are Tabligi Jamat members and so far 26,058 Corona tests hav
e been conducted in the province. Meanwhile, after outbreak of Corona Virus cases, police have sealed Darri and Nawa Tak Muhalla since midnight forcing the residents of these localities which also include areas of Bilawal Colony, Bakr
ani Road and other nearby areas to remain safe at home. Cops have deployed and tents hav
e been erected on both sides of the roads and security has been strengthened. The entire Bakr
ani Road looked deserted and all shops including grocery, vegetable and fruit vendors hav
e been barred from entering these areas as a precautionary measure to save lives of others.
On the other hand, five members of influential Shaikh community family who were detected COVID-19 positive hav
e been shifted from Isolation Ward of the Chandka Medical College Hospital (CMCH) to Karachi on their own request for treatment and further management. The family pressurized the district and hospital administration despite the
fact that there is still no treatment of this viral dreaded disease in the world. They sent videos of dirty bathrooms, bed sheets, torn mattresses and rusted beds kept at the isolation ward to the media persons and their relatives complaining against the unhygienic conditions which went viral after which administration decided to allow them to Karachi along with CMCH’s male staff nurses who also accompanied them.
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