By Mukhtar Alam: The Sindh Health Minister, Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho, has asked the all government hospitals to reopen their outpatient departments (OPDs). On April 8, she was chairing a video conference, attended by the medical superintendents (MS) of the hospitals and vice-chancellors of medical
By Mukhtar Alam: The pressure has been mounting on the Government of Sindh for a review in the lockdown decision despite the continued rise in the number of cases being infected by coronavirus (COVID-19). The medical experts are advising the Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Murad
By Mukhtar Alam: A delegation of Chinese doctors and paramedical professionals, during its meeting with the Sindh Health Minister, Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho, suggested that the government should extend the duration of the ongoing lockdown to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19). The visiting Chinese delegation reminded
By Mukhtar Alam: The Sindh Health department, on April 7, confirmed new coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in another 54 people in Karachi, Tando Mohammmad Khan, Hyderabad and Shaheed Benazirabad. According to the latest data released by the provincial health department, the detection of new coronavirus patients
By Mukhtar Alam: The Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah, confirmed on April 6 that the number of infected people had gone upto 932 out of which 253 have recovered. According to him, 662 patients were under treatment in public and private hospitals, while
By Mukhtar Alam: Dr Abdul Qadir Soomro became the first physician from Sindh to become a casualty of coronavirus (COVID-19) as he passed away at the isolation centre of the Indus Hospital, Karachi, on April 6. He was 64. He had been on life support
By Mukhtar Alam: The overall rate of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Sindh remained almost unchanged on April 6 when it was declared by the government that different set of standard operating procedures (SOPs) for post lockdown era was in the offing. Another 51 people out
By Mukhtar Alam: The staff at the University of Karachi (KU), which at present is closed for any academic purpose, will start getting face-masks, having been gifted by a Chinese university from April 7. An official of the KU informed PNFS on April 6 that
By Mukhtar Alam: The Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah, in a video messaged released on April 5, stressed that social distancing was the only way to contain coronavirus and he appealed to the masses that they should cooperate with the government during the
By Mukhtar Alam: According to the Sindh health department data, issued after a gap of 33 hours on April 5, the coronavirus has reached in 18 districts of Sindh, where 743 patients having contracted the infection are still under treatment. The new infected districts were