Factcheck: Sindh is not closing down schools, offices because of Covid

A notification circulating all over social media stating that schools and offices are being closed until January 31 is fake. The notice was allegedly issued by the provincial government. However, the spokesperson of the Sindh government, Murtaza Wahab has denied that the provincial government issued any notification on the lockdown and closure of schools.

This is incorrect. Sindh Govt spokesman Murtaza Wahab has denied that any such notification on schools closure or any other lockdown measures has been issued pic.twitter.com/o5CSYJddEf

— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) January 7, 2022

Murtaza Wahab also said previously, in a high-level meeting, that the provincial government does not want to take strict action and requested people to follow precautionary measures to avoid the spread of the virus.

The emergence of cases related to the omicron variant of coronavirus have exceeded 50 percent in the province, especially in Karachi.

Meanwhile, the Sindh Minister for Health, Dr Azra Pechuho said on Thursday that the lockdown could be imposed after assessing the cases of omicron variant which is increasing steadily day by day.

She also revealed that 500 cases have been reported during the last 24 hours which shows a widespread increase of the new strain of coronavirus.