'Sindh will consult with centre over decision on lockdown'.

KARACHI -- Sindh Information Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah on Wednesday said the provincial government would consult with Islamabad to reach any new decision about lockdown but warned that carelessness by the people was causing increase in the cases of Covid-19.

He said the Sindh government was reviewing the situation and it would consult the federal government before

taking any new decision regarding the lockdown.

'The shopkeepers should open their shops in accordance with the standard operating procedures issued by the Sindh government and take precautions,' he said in a statement.

'We need to know that the Coronavirus is still present among us and if we stay careless we can suffer huge losses. It is better that we take all precautionary measures and not leave our homes unnecessarily.'

Because no vaccine for the coronavirus has been invented so far, the provincial minister said, the only way to avoid it was to take precautions.

He said that by taking precautions people would protect not only themselves, but their loved ones as well.

'Please don't pay heed to rumours. Whatever decision would be taken regarding the...

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