LARKANA: Deputy Commissioner, Kambar-Shahdadkot, has ordered sealing of Bhambho Khan Chandio village of Taluka Miro Khan on the recommendation of District Health Officer after observing “accelerated increase in positive cases of COVID-19 for seven days from 17th to 23rd May 2021.
The action was taken under section 3(3) of The Sindh Epidemic Diseases Act, 2014 in larger public interest and to prevent/slow down the spread of coronavirus”. A notification in this regard was issued on Sunday.
The Senior Superintendent of Police, Kambar-Shahdadkot and Wing Commander, Shahbaz Rangers, Larkana, have been requested to restrict movement of persons in these areas, ensure adherence of public to SOPs issued by the Home Department and take action against delinquents who are found violating the notification for proceeding under section 188 of the Pakistan Penal Code and other relevant provisions in this regard. Medical stores, small grocery stores and truly essential services have however been exempted from this notification.
Copies of this notification have also been sent to higher Sindh Government authorities.
It must be remembered here that 41 coronavirus suspected persons’ samples were taken two days ago from the same village for PCR testing after media reports that six persons have died of the virus but DHO found five persons died out of whom only one woman was COVID-19 positive and she died in Chandka Hospital ICU in Larkana but was buried at her ancestral village Bhambho Khan Chandio.