The National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) met on Monday to discuss the rampant spread of Covid-19 in the country. The meeting came after at least nine people were reported dead and 4,027 cases were reported on Sunday.
The meeting was wet to deliberate on the measures to be taken to curb the spread of the virus.
The particularly bad situation in Karachi has not just hit the city’s general population hard, but also its community of healthcare professionals as up to 500 doctors and paramedics are said to have been infected by coronavirus.
The national positivity rate reached 7.8 per cent with Karachi making up 40 per cent of the cases. As per a decision already taken by the NCOC, meals and snacks would not be served on domestic flights and on the buses travelling between cities from Monday.
An official of the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) said that proposals for additional restrictions could be deferred a bit as the number of hospitalised people was still under control.
On Saturday, the NCOC urged the provinces to review the situation and decide about placing restrictions on public gatherings, weddings, schools, restaurants and transportation.
