Regular monitoring of people returning from Iran continues: Sindh Minister\.

KARACHI -- Sindh Minister for Information, Local Government, Housing and Town Planning, Religious Affairs, Forest and Wildlife Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said that the people coming back from Iran were not only being monitored regularly but also necessary medical tests were being conducted, of which only two people had been tested positive so far. He said this while briefing the journalists after the Sindh Cabinet's meeting on Tuesday. Earlier, the Cabinet meeting was presided over by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah.

The Sindh Cabinet reviewed in detailsthe steps taken to prevent the possible spread of the Coronavirus throughout the province, especially in Karachi. Nasir Shah said that the cabinet members praised Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah for presiding over the meetings of the task force formed to review the necessary steps to be taken to prevent the possible spread of the Coronovirusin the province on a daily basis. Nasir Shah said that the provincial cabinet was informed that there were a total of four Coronavirus cases in Pakistan, of which two were in Karachi. Referring to the various measures taken in this regard, the provincial Minister informed that a total of nine isolation centers had been set up across the province with 118 beds. In addition, the provincial government had also released Rs 100 million under the Coronavirus Emergency Relief...

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