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1. Covid19
in Sindh
26.02.20to 26.03.20
Dr. Qasim Rajpar

2. Corona cases in Sindh
• 1st Corona virus Case identified in Sindh on 26 Feb, 2020
• CM Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah hold press conference &
informed the media about corona in Sindh, he also announce
formation of Coronavirus task force.
• 29.02.2020 : 2nd corona case identified in Sindh.

3. 01.03.2020
• Murad decided to keep all Govt. & private educational
institutions closed till March 13.

4. 04.03.2020
Cabinet approves purchase of 5000 coronavirus kits, Rs100m emergency fund.
05.03.2020
One more case of coronavirus diagnosed in Karachi.
Total 3 cases.
06.03.2020
First patient of Coronavirus recovered, to be released from hospital

5. 07.03.2020
300PILGRIMSLEAVETAFTANFORSUKKUR
CM Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah reviews
accommodation arrangements made for
coming pilgrims at Sukkur.

6. 08.03.2020
One more coronavirus case diagnosed in Sindh.
Total in Sindh from 26.02.2020 to 08.03.2020
03+01= 04

7. 09.03.2020
• Sindh Health Department has 9 new case
of Corona Virus in Karachi.
• 6 patients came from Syria via Doha
whereas the other 3 patients came from
London via Dubai in the past week.
• This brings the total number of cases to 13
in Sindh out of which 1 has been cured
and discharged. 12 in isolation.
• 6 Syrian Passengers belongs to family of
CM Sindh Murad Ali Shah.

8. 10.03.2020
• Health Department has 2 new
cases The first case is from
Hyderabad & the patient arrived
from Syria via Doha.
• The second case is from Karachi &
the patient arrived from Iran via
Dubai. This brings the total
number of cases to 15 in Sindh.

9. 12.03.2020
• Sindh cabinet closed schools upto
May 31 as summer vacation.

10. 14.03.20220
• Health Department has a new cases of Corona
Virus in Karachi. The patient arrived from Saudi
Arab a few days back and was tested positive
today.
• Sindh Health Department has a new cases of
Corona Virus in Karachi. The 20 year old patient
has no travel history however the patients
father returned from UK recently. This brings the
total number of cases to 17 in Sindh.
• 293 Pilgrims reached in Sukkur from taftan.

11. 14.03.2020
• Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah taking policy
decision has decided to close all the shrines, marriage lawns
and cinema halls would remain closed and educational
process in maddras, training institutions, marriage functions
in clubs and public gatherings, including urs of saintly
people would also remain suspended for a period of three
weeks till April 5.
• All Divisional Commissioners orders to seal marriages hall
and hotels.

12. 15.03.2020
• 18 new cases of coronavirus, including 13 of Sukkur and 5 in Karachi.
• Total No 17+18=35
• CM Sindh visited Major hospitals of Karachi.
• Sindh Impose Health Emergency.

13. 16.03.2020
• CM Sindh Murad Ali Shah hold press
conference at CM House. He told to media:
• SINDH HAS 103 CORONAVIRUS CASES,
INCLUDING 76 OF SUKKUR, 26 OF KARACHI
• Hyderabad: 01
• 76 cases from Sukkur (Pilgrims from Taftan)
• Total Sindh cases 103 in the province out of
which 2 have recovered & 101 are still under
treatment.

14. 17.03.2020
GROCERY, FISH, CHICKEN, MILK, VEGETABLE SHOPS TO REMAIN OPEN
• Murad decides to close shopping malls, restaurants, Govt offices, public parks to
stop spreading of coronavirus. All divisional commissioners issued notifications.
• Another important decision taken by the chief minister was to close inter-city
bus service from Friday (20th March). “There are two days to the visitors to
return their respective homes/cities and after that all the inter-city buses would
be stopped from plying on their routes. However, intra-city bus service would
continue as usual.
• The chief minister was told that in Karachi total 501 tests were conducted, of
them 463 turned out to be negative while 38 diagnosed as positive.
• 274 samples of pilgrims living at Sukkur were also tested out of which 140
declared as negative while 134 has been diagnosed as positive.
• In this way total cases in Sindh has reached to 173.

15. 18.03.2020
• Sindh-wide tally of coronavirus cases rises to 181. CM Sindh Murad Ali Shah
• New batch: Commissioner Sukkur Shafiq Mahesar told the chief minister that
757 pilgrims from Tafatan have arrived at Sukkur in 18 buses and they all have
been sent to their rooms where fruits, water had already been placed. The
chief minister told the commissioner to start collecting their samples and send
them to Karachi for test.
• Govt. of Sindh decide close 25 Government Department’s offices.

16. 18.03.2020
• Government of Sindh Establish Sindh Corona Relief Fund.

17. 19.03.2020
• 4 NEW CASES, SOCIAL CONTACT CASES RISE TO 40.
• CM Murad Ali shah releases Rs7.21bn to comb, contain coronavirus.
• New Pilgrims: The chief minister was told that 757 new pilgrims from
Taftan have reached: The commissioner said that so far 180 samples
of newly arrived pilgrims have been taken and sent to Karachi for test.
• Another batch of 88 pilgrims Taftan have reached Larkana and have
been kept in isloaltion Centre set up at Shaheed Mohterma Benazir
Bhutto University, Airja campus, Larkana. The chief minister directed
health department to send them swabs and kits to test the pilgrims.
• COVID-19: The chief minister was told that four new cases have been
diagnosed in Karachi.
• There are 66 patients in Karachi, including one in Hyderabad and 151
in Sukkur.
• The locally transmitted cases have reached to 40.
• The tally of coronavirous cases has risen to 217 in the province.

18. 20.03.2020
Corona task force 23rd meeting.
• Total Corona cases 238, 151 from
Karachi & 87 from Sukkur.
• CM Sindh suggest three day self
isolation for all people of Sindh.

19. 21.03.2020
• Karachi: 105 Positive Cases
• Cured : 3
• Deaths : 1
• Under treatment: 101
• Local transmission: 60 cases.
• Pilgrims from Taftan in Sukkur:-
• Positive = 187
• Grand Total Sindh: 292

20. 21.03.2020
Government of Sindh called Army for help of civil administration.

21. 22.03.2020
• CM Sindh Murad Ali Shah announces complete lockdown
for next 15 days all over Sindh.
• In a video massage he said “I have no option but to save
people of Sindh from this endemic.”
• Before announcement he meets with political leaders of
Sindh.

22. 22.03.2020
NotificationofLockdowninSindh

23. 23.03.2020
• Karachi Cases: 134
• Sukkur Phase-I: 151
• Sukkur Phase-II: 109
• Total Sindh: 394
• Local transmission: 83

24. 24.03.2020
• KARACHI: 143
• SUKKUR : 265
• OTHER CITES: 02
• TOTAL SINDH: 407
• 640 pilgrims House in Sukkur Labour Colony send back to
home.

25. 24.03.2020
SINDH GOVERNMENT ORDER FURTHER MEASURES FOR LOCKDOWN.

26. 25.03.2020
• Total Cases in Sindh: 413
• Cured: 14
• Deaths: 1
• 94 cases out of 148 in Karachi are of
Local Transmission
• Pilgrims Sukkur:
• Positive: 265
• Negative: 3149
• Patients Under Treatment: 398

27. 26.03.2020
Update of #Covid_19 cases in #Sindh
• Karachi: 153
• Hyderabad: 2
• Dadu: 1
• Cured: 14 (1 Hyderabad, 13 Karachi)
• Deaths: 1
• 102 cases out of 156 are of Local Transmission
• Pilgrims Sukkur: -
• Positive: 265
• Negative: 3149
• Total Cases in Sindh: 421