Karachi: Three Pearl Continental restaurants sealed over SOP violations

Karachi (HRNW) Three restaurants in Karachi’s Pearl Continental Hotel were sealed on Saturday night for violating the government’s coronavirus SOPs.

For restaurants, the SOPs include maintaining social distance between patrons, outdoor dining, wearing masks and closing at 10pm. The three restaurants did not close on time.  The restaurants are Chandani Restaurant, Tai Pan and Sakura.

According to South Deputy Commissioner Irshad Sodhar, there is a zero-tolerance policy against anyone not following the government’s orders. “All these restaurants sealed had allowed indoor dining despite a ban.”

Sodhar has requested residents and businesses to cooperate with the government. “Coronavirus is a dangerous disease and we should all protect ourselves and others from it,” he urged.

Sindh has so far reported 204,103 cases. In the last 24 hours, 80 people died from the virus while 2,615 new cases were reported.