As reported by ARY Digital, the PAF Museum in Karachi on Shahrah-e-Faisal will be set up to become an isolation center amid coronavirus. The cases in Sindh have been significantly increased as the lockdown has eased.
Murtaza Wahab, who is a Sindh government spokesperson, highlighted, that the provincial government had spent about Rs134 million as of now. The amount was used to Field Isolation Facility at Expo Centre, Karachi.
“Now, the decision has been made to establish another such isolation facility at PAF Museum, Khi.”
#SindhGovt had spent abt Rs 134 Mn on establishing Field Isolation Facility at Expo Centre. Now decision has been made to establish another such Isolation Facility at PAF Museum, Khi. An initial amount of Rs 30 Mn has been disbursed. Thank u Pakistan Airforce for providing space
— SenatorMurtaza Wahab (@murtazawahab1) May 3, 2020
The initial amount that was disbursed was Rs30 million. Wahab was thankful for the Pakistan Airforce (PAF) for providing the museum for the isolation center.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Pakistan has crossed 20,000. Sindh and Punjab have surged past 7,000.
In a statement, the chief minister of Sindh had said, “We conducted 3259 tests during the past 24 hours, and 427 of them came positive. ”
Out of these 427 positive cases diagnosed in the province, 376 were reported in the city of Karachi, which is alarming. A total number of 122 people have lost their lives to the deadly virus in Sindh.
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