No coronavirus case detected from slum areas in Sindh: Murad Ali Shah.

KARACHI -- Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that they have not received any coronavirus case from slum areas in the province, media reported on Saturday.

Talking to a delegation of industrialists, the chief minister said all cases have been reported mainly from those who had come back from abroad.

'It will be very difficult to control the virus if it spreads in the slum areas,' he said adding that it was due to the fear of an outbreak that they have taken strict measures to tackle the deadly infection.

He said that their top priority was to lower the damage from the virus as it could only be eliminated if a vaccine was developed internationally to deal with it.

He lauded the religious leaders for extending cooperation with the government in implementing the measures to cope up with the situation.

'None of the members of Tablighi Jamaat who contracted coronavirus had come from abroad,' he said.

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