ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Monday said the Sindh government was not able to implement Covid-19 restrictions in the province and decided to impose the quarantine on its own. Speaking to a television channel, the minister said that the federal government has made its position regarding blanket quarantines clear from the very first day. “We have jointly fought three waves of Covid-19 successfully and why there is a need to change the policy now,” Fawad said. The police officials have been allowed to take action under Section 3(1) of the Sindh Epidemic Diseases Act, 2014, the notification said. The development comes after the Sindh government had imposed province-wide restrictions to curb coronavirus following a surge in cases due to the Delta variant.

Source: Pakistan Today August 02, 2021 10:37 UTC