Barrister Murtaza Wahab, Spokesperson for the Sindh government said federal government need to improve its virus monitoring system at airports
Addressing a press conference in Karachi Barrister Murtaza Wahab said coordination lacked between the federal and provincial governments with regards to coronavirus.
He said provincial government lacked jurisdiction to take measures at ports.
He said the approximately 2,300 people who had entered the province contacted and wherever required, tested.
“Those who tested positive immediately shifted to isolation wards and their contacts quarantined and even today monitoring this,”
“But, unfortunately, there is a bit of a shortcoming in the federal government’s responsibility in this regard,” he said,
“Once again, I would like to appeal to the federal government, to further improve this system and make it effective.”
Murtaza Wahab offered the provincial government’s complete cooperation in this regard.
“I believe that all these patients entered through Karachi airport which why we need to improve the surveillance at airports.”
He said the Sindh government and the chief minister had been “on ground” since the first case detected.
“Unfortunately, that response has not seen from the federal government,” Wahab added.
Furthermore Wahab said CM Shah had to “contact the prime minister’s special assistant to engage with all the provinces via a conference call”.
“On the Sindh chief minister’s request a meeting held,” he said, adding that no other provincial chief executive attended the meeting.
On the other hand The number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus ‘COVID-19’ infections in Pakistan risen to 20 after Gilgit-Baltistan reported its second patient.
Karachi has been the worst affected city so far, with 15 of the total confirmed cases.
Of the remaining, two cases reported in Gilgit-Baltistan and one case reported each in Islamabad, Hyderabad and Quetta.
