Taftan isolation camps fail to follow proper quarantine rules.

QUETTA -- Rampant violations of the principles of public hygiene being reported at quarantine centres set up for the people returning from Iran at Taftan border crossing. Pakistan had announced closure of border with Iran after large number of cases of novel coronavirus reported in the neighboring country. Pakistan's government established isolation camps at the border for the pilgrims returning from Iran as a precaution to avoid the contagious virus spreading in the country. However, the quarantine camps administration was failed in strict enforcement of the precautionary measures to avoid spread of the virus. According to reports people at isolation camps meeting each other without caring about using masks and following advisory for the quarantine.

The people being kept at isolation centres are meeting each other and going out of the health facility without any hindrance. It is being apprehended that the violation...