CM Sindh decides to keep all govt, private educational institutions closed till March 13.

KARACHI -- Sindh Chief Ministers Syed Murad Ali Shah while presiding the 4th Task Force meeting on Coronavirus here on Sunday at CM's House has decided to keep the educational institutions closed till March 13 so that the isolation period of the suspects could be completed.

The taskforce meeting was attended by Chief Secretary Mumtaz Ali Shah, Sindh ministers, Dr Azra Pechuho, Saeed Ghani and Syed Nasir Shah, Advisor Law Murtaza Wahab, Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Shahlwani, Secretary Finance Hassan Naqvi, Secretary health Zahid Abbasi, representatives of airport services, Civil Aviation Authority, FIA, DG Health services, Dr Bari of Indus Hospital, Dr Faisal of Aga Khan hospital and other concerned, said a spokesman of the CM's House on Sunday.

The chief minister in consultation with the Taskforce members, particularly the doctors decided to keep the educational institutions closed till March 13. 'This closure will help the suspects kept in isolation to complete their quarantine period,' he said.

The meeting was told that there were six suspects belonging to Khairpur, Jacobabad, Tando Jam and Karachi South have been kept in quarantine. Their samples have also been sent for testing.

The meeting was told that out of six samples sent for test one result has been received which was negative while fives results were being awaited.

The meeting was told that 738 passengers had arrived in the city at Jinnah Terminal since Jan 15, 2020. The figures received from Tafftan, Yob reveals that 13,098 passengers have reached from Iran.

The chief minister directed all the agencies, including FIA and health department to keep close coordination with the concerned officers working at Tafftan border so that they keep sharing day to day data of the passengers arriving there.

Syed Murad Ali Shah said the data must contain name of the passenger, date of arrival, district, taluka and complete...