LARKANA:As many as 49 Iran pilgrims were interviewed for coronavirus at village Paliyo Gopang located within the limits of Dhamrah police station of Larkana Taluka on Sunday.
All the pilgrims had started reaching their village individually from Iran via Quetta since early March where they were not tested. On hearing the news, the members of Task Force who were constantly tracking them reached their village and interviewed them for various ailments. One of the members of Task Force told this Scribe that they did not find any symptoms in them, hence, they would remain under observation and need no quarantine.
Medical Superintendent, Chandka Medical College Hospital, Dr Syed Ershad Hussain Shah, said that new Isolation Ward had been established on 1st floor of Dental Department having 100 plus bed-capacity which was located in Teaching Block of the hospital. He said if needed, more such wards can be established in Larkana for which administration was searching for new buildings.
Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner, Larkana, Muhammad Nauman Siddique, has banned entry of all tourists at World Heritage site of Mohenjo Daro up to 31st March, 2020, as a precautionary measures in view of surfacing of coronavirus cases. The ban has been imposed under Sindh Epidemic Act 2014.
Earlier, he also imposed a complete ban till March 30 on all marriage halls, Urs celebrations, public gatherings, holding of Majlis, cinema, festivals, social festivals, cultural and religious gatherings in the entire Larkana district. Even those have been barred who were already issued permits for holding their respective gatherings. DC has further warned that FIRs will be registered against violators for which SSP, Assistant Commissioners and Mukhtiarkars have been authorized.
On the other hand, people who had already fixed their marriages continued to violate this ban which has been imposed for their own safety as over two marriages were solemnized in Naundero alone, one of them was of the son of a police officer which was also participated by large number of cops. Others also managed Valima at their respective homes for their invited guests ignoring precautionary measures.
Meanwhile, Sindh Health Department has confirmed detection of 35 Corona Virus cases in the province till Sunday evening out of which 13 were detected in Sukkur who had returned from Taftan and were already in quarantine.