A micro lockdown was imposed in Karachi’s Malir area on Saturday after a quick spike in Coronavirus cases.
The micro lockdown has been imposed in the district till October 15 in accordance with the powers conferred by Section 3(3) of the Sindh Epidemic Diseases Act 2014.
The deputy commissioner ordered a lockdown after taking into consideration the recommendations of the Malir district health officer.
Twelve active coronavirus cases have been reported in the Jafar-e-Tayyar Cooperative Housing Society, 11 in the Malir Cantonment, five in a house in Askari-V, five more in Malir Colony, four in the Port Qasim area, three in the Bin Qasim area, three more in Gulshan-e-Hadeed, two in Saeedabad, and one each in Shadman Town and Sherpao Colony.
Over 140 restaurants sealed for violating COVID-19 SOPs
From September 30 to October 2, 146 restaurants in Karachi were fined Rs0.7 million and sealed for violating the coronavirus SOPs, according to the commissioner.
Ten grocers, pharmacies and factories were sealed and fined over Rs1.8 million during the three days. Four educational institutions and nine wedding halls were also sealed. In District South, 62 wedding halls were inspected and fined Rs20,000.
Thirty restaurants were inspected in District East, 14 in District Malir and 12 in District West. Nine were also inspected in District Central, where five were issued with warnings and two were sealed. Forty were inspected in District Korangi, where 10 were issued with warnings and seven were sealed.
Twelve educational institutions were inspected in District South, where four were sealed. Twenty-five were inspected in District West, where nine were issued with warnings. Six were inspected in District Central and three in District Malir, where all of them were issued with warnings.
Sindh govt imposes lockdown in Creek Vista Apartments, Askari III
Earlier, the Sindh government had imposed a mini smart lockdown in district south. The Creek Vista Apartments and Askari III areas in Karachi were placed under lockdown after seven active cases in each area were reported.