Covid-19 SOPs back in place in Karachi, Hyderabad: Health Department.

 

The Sindh Health Department has issued an advisory to the commissioners of Karachi and Hyderabad, directing them to ensure the implementation of Covid-19 guidelines amid a sharp rise in new infections.


The letter referred to a meeting chaired by the

Federal Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel at the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) to review the Covid-19 situation and stated that the increase in the number of cases can be partially attributed to BA4/BA5 Omicron sub-variants that have been recently reported in the country.


The health authorities directed the district administration to ensure the following standard operating procedures (SOPs):


Mandatory wearing of face masks

  1. Social distancing at public places.
  2. Occupancy of passengers in public transport to be ke
  3. The development comes as the two cities continue to report high positivity ratios which the experts have linked with increased air travel, waning of vaccine efficacy and non-implementation of SOPs.

    4. Karachi reported 15.85% positivity today when 1,060 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours out of which 168 returned positive. Moreover, the positivity rate in Sindh climbed to 6.1%.


    In a separate letter to concerned district health officers, the provincial health department advised them to prepare a strategy in co

    nsultation with the relevant authorities and follow the guidelines below:

    Increase the number of Rapid Response

    Team (RRT) of each taluka/ toIncrease the number of COVID-19 sampling and cover all talukas/ townsPriority to be given to contact tracing/ samplingSamples must reach the assigned laboratories to get the result in tiHealth care workers must wear face masks and follow SoPs.Follow the one-patient one-attendant policy in the hospital.Health Education sessions must be conducted in the community through Health Education officers and Focusing on booster vaccination of COVID-19 as per target assigned to the district.Analysing the situation on a daily basis.


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