ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the chief minister of Sindh province, Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui, on Monday said the COVID-19 situation in Karachi had become very “dangerous, alarming and concerning” ahead of the upcoming Eid Al-Azha holiday as the city’s positivity rate rose above 23 percent in the last 24 hours.
Pakistan lifted nearly all coronavirus restrictions earlier this month as COVID-19 cases showed a constant downward decline though infections have once more picked up in recent weeks.
“Now Eidul Azha is coming ... and it is a very dangerous, alarming and concerning situation [in Karachi],” Siddiqui told reporters as he called upon the public to get vaccinated and follow coronavirus restrictions. “The government doesn’t want that there is strictness and we impose restrictions again.”
Wahab said there was a rapid increase in hospital admissions and “the situation is again developing to a dangerous extent.”
“I want to tell citizens that the situation today is dangerous and concerning and if in the next few days we don’t adhere to the SOPs then these numbers (positivity rate) can become more dangerous,” the spokesperson said. “If they become more dangerous and there is no longer space left in hospitals then the citizens will face the loss. We all need to understand the dangers of COVID-19 irrespective of politics on the basis of humanity, support our government, follow SOPs, adopt social distancing [and] wear masks.”
'Dangerous and alarming' surge in COVID-19 cases in Karachi, Sindh government warns
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'Dangerous and alarming' surge in COVID-19 cases in Karachi, Sindh government warns
- Karachi’s positivity rate rose to 23.12 percent in the last 24 hours
- Pakistan lifted most coronavirus restrictions earlier this month as infections steadily declined
