Restaurants in Sindh allowed takeaway service during Eid holidays
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KARACHI: In a major relaxation for restaurant owners, the Sindh government has allowed the resumption of takeaway service during the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays with strict COVID-19 SOPs in place.
This was decided in a meeting of the Provincial Task Force on Coronavirus here at the Chief Minister House which was chaired by Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah.
Participants were briefed on the latest pandemic situation across the province and the vaccination process.
KARACHI: Pakistan is one of the five countries facing the largest deficit of nurses with the World Health Organisation also calling on the country to take steps to double its nursing workforce. This target could be achieved by giving a dignified status to the profession in society, making it safe, diversified and financially sound that could attract women to it in large numbers.
These points were raised by speakers at a seminar organised on Tuesday at the Aga Khan University in connection with International Day of Nurses and Midwives.
They also emphasised that nurses and midwives needed to be empowered in patient care that would help expand the availability of affordable care.
Pakistan’s nurses playing vital role on the frontlines despite shortage of healthcare professionals
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Tue, May 11, 2021
(L to R) Health Minister Sindh Dr Azra Pechuho, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, and Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan speaking via video link during a seminar at Aga Khan University held to celebrate the International Day of Nurses and Midwives in Karachi on May 11, 2021. AKU
KARACHI: Policymakers and academics said Tuesday Pakistan’s nurses and midwives were playing a vital role on the frontlines of the third wave of coronavirus despite the ongoing shortage of healthcare professionals in the country.
Sindh aims to vaccinate 100,000 people every day
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Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has instructed the health department to vaccinate 100,000 people in the province every day. Capacity to administer 50,000 doses should be created at the Karachi Expo Centre, he directed at the meeting of the Sindh Coronavirus Task Force on Monday.
The minister ensured that vaccination centres across the province will remain open on Eid holidays. In the last 24 hours, 16 people died from the deadly virus in Sindh.
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