Karachiites ignore Covid-19 protocols, as people head to beaches to beat the heat

Pakistan has shown great progress in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

However, Karachiites seemed to have completely ignored the government’s call for maintaining precautions during the third wave. Videos on social media show how crowded the beaches were on the weekend.

People gathered at the beach to beat the heat. Temperatures regularly hover around 40 degrees and the humidity only makes it worse.

Pakistan has only fully vaccinated 3.4 million people. The government has asked citizens to avoid crowds and maintain social distancing.

The total number of Covid-19 cases in the country are 949,175 with positivity rate of 2.6 per cent.