By Mukhtar Alam: Senior medical practitioners representing health providers in both the public and private sectors, on April 22, expressed their dismay over what they said a loose enforcement of lockdown restrictions aimed at containment of COVID-19 spread across the province. They warned that the
By Mukhtar Alam: Amidst fears that coronavirus situation might worsen further in the country, Sindh recorded its average daily infection rates increased to 13.19%, with five more deaths in the province on April 21. According to the latest figures shared by the Sindh health department,
By Mukhtar Alam: A group of Pakistani physicians and microbiologists based in the country and abroad, in an open letter, have urged the religious leaders to review the agreement reached between government and ulema council, recently, in regard to the congregational prayers held in mosques
By Mukhtar Alam: Sindh reported five more deaths due to COVID-19 which is spreading fast across the province where, according to health authorities, 227 new cases of the lethal virus infection were also confirmed on April 20. According to health department’s data on coronavirus, the
By Mukhtar Alam: Amidst reports that the Sindh government was contemplating relaxation during its not so stringent ongoing lockdown, Karachi division of the province reported the highest number of coronavirus related deaths for a day as eight people including a woman of 65 years lost
By Mukhtar Alam: Karachi reported another 112 positive cases of COVID-19 on April 18, while a senior citizen died at home due to the disease which has infected 2,355 people across Sindh since February 26. An official source said that the latest corona related death
By Mukhtar Alam: The Karachi Mayor, Wasim Akhtar, has once again emphasized that the various hospitals run by the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) were very much capable of contributing to the governments’ ongoing fight against the coronavirus pandemic but these were failing to seize the
By Mukhtar Alam: The Karachi-based doctors severely criticized the Sindh government for what described as ignoring medical and technical experts from the public sector health settings in the making and execution of policies to fight COVID-19. Addressing a press conference at the Karachi Press Club
By Mukhtar Alam: The Sindh health authorities confirmed another 236 new coronavirus cases across the province, with two new deaths at Karachi, on April 17, taking the overall infection tally to 2,217 in the province. According to official data, Khairpur, which reported its first 14
By Mukhtar Alam: The medicine experts and intensive care lead physicians from a private medical university will provide free of cost training and telephonic consultations to doctors and paramedical staff handling COVID-19 cases in the government hospitals from April 20. To this effect, senior representatives