No need to panic over coronavirus, says Sindh minister

Published March 11, 2020
Nasir Hussain Shah says complete arrangements to detect the cases of coronavirus have been made in Sindh. — DawnNewsTV/File
Nasir Hussain Shah says complete arrangements to detect the cases of coronavirus have been made in Sindh. — DawnNewsTV/File

KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said that the provincial government is taking effective steps to deal with the cases of coronavirus. He added that in this regard complete data of the people coming from abroad was being collected. He requested the people not to panic.

The minister expressed these views while talking to journalists on Tuesday, says a statement. Mr Shah added that no match of the second phase of Pakistan Super League was being cancelled, and all matches would be played as scheduled. He said that cricket fans should not be disappointed as Sindh government had ensured that no match of PSL would be cancelled due to coronavirus.

Nasir Hussain Shah said that complete arrangements to detect the cases of coronavirus had been made including screening of people coming from abroad at airports. The provincial minister said that Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah was reviewing the situation arising out of the spread of the virus on a daily basis while presiding over the meeting of the task force formed in this regard.

The minister said that all relevant departments were not only in close contact in this regard, but they were in a high alert position as well.

Published in Dawn, March 11th, 2020

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