As the Sindh government extended province-wide lockdown for another 15 days, it remains undecided so far about whether to extend or lift the “smart lockdown” enforced for a fortnight in Covid-19 hotspots in the city that ends at midnight today.

But federal authorities believe the provincial government should continue the same policy as unlike other parts of the country Sindh has not yet shown any stability and it needs to follow the same strategy to achieve desired results.

“We have seen positive trend and received positive feedback from three provinces — Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan — as well as Gilgit-Baltistan,” Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said.

“But unfortunately, we have not seen such a trend in Sindh. Whether it’s number of patients or ratio of positive cases among the tests being held daily, the trend is not so encouraging.”

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