Sindh govt urges citizens to follow COVID-19 guidelines on Eid ul Fitr

The Sindh government has urged citizens to follow COVID-19 guidelines on the occasion of Eid ul Fitr!

Sindh’s Health and Population Welfare Department in a tweet notified: “Keeping in view the emergence of new Covid variants, the asymptomatic transmission of the contagion and increased human interaction related to upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr festivities it is pertinent to follow WHO placed pandemic SOPs with complete adherence on the part of every citizen.”

The provincial authority has also listed all government-run hospitals administering booster doses of Pfizer at Adults Vaccination Centres across the province’s 24 districts which include Karachi, Hyderabad, Tando Muhammad Khan, Tando Allah Yar, Matiari, Thatta, Sujawal, Badin, Dadu, Jamshoro, Mirpurkhas, Sukkar and others.

SOPs:

1. Please maintain social distancing and remember to wear a mask in all public and crowded areas (including shopping areas*).
2. Larger Eid gatherings should ideally be avoided and hands should be regularly washed with soap.
3. If you feel the onset of any symptoms related to flu’, or cough or experience difficulty in breathing you are advised to visit the nearest government hospital for due management and free-of-cost COVID-19 testing.
4. People who received their last COVID-19 vaccination dose 6 to 12 months ago are eligible and advised to get their follow-up COVID-19 vaccination dose at any of DoH’s established vaccination centres. This will enhance the immunity against the deadly disease.
5. The elderly and individuals with co-morbidities are especially advised to get inoculated at home by calling immunisation teams.

According to the National Command and Operation Centre’s COVID-19 statistics for April 21 (today),  20 positive cases of coronavirus were reported in the last 24 hours.