Karachi (HRNW) The Sindh government did not take back its decision to seal 11 union councils in Karachi, Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani clarified on Monday.
On Saturday [April 11], it was announced that 11 UCs would be completely locked down. The decision was taken back hours later, with the government clarifying that only highly affected areas will be sealed.
The minister explained that the notification issued by the East deputy commissioner is still being implemented across the city. “The areas in all those UCs have been sealed,” he said.
“Confusion was created because the federal government is deliberately finding problems in decisions taken by the Sindh government,” Ghani said.
The areas that have been sealed are those that have a high number of coronavirus cases and have become hot spots for the virus in the city. Entry and exit points of the UCs have been closed.
“The mechanism is to seal these areas and aggressively test people there,” the minister explained, adding that all those people who test positive will be shifted to isolation wards.
Ghani called that the situation in the city in the last few days “alarming” as the percentage of positive COVID-19 cases have increased.
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