KARACHI: National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has announced to lift lockdown imposed in the Sindh province from August 09 while continuing with other restrictions on movement.
According to the NCOC, Karachi and Hyderabad will face new restrictions on movement from August 09.
The Sindh province announced to impose lockdown in the province from July 31 until August 08 citing a spike in COVID-19 cases.
The body devising a national strategy to deal with the pandemic said that SOP implementation should be improved at the beginning of Muharram besides also emphasizing the need to adopt a smart lockdown strategy.
“Smart lockdown should be imposed in areas witnessing higher positivity ratio,” it said while also lauding the Sindh government’s measures that helped improve the vaccination process.