Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah says he had proposed on March 13 that the country's borders should be closed to control the spread of the coronavirus, "but no one listened to us".

"And on March 17, the nation was told that 'corona is just a flu. You will recover after a bout of flu and cough'," he said at a press conference, referring to the federal government.

"Due to mixed messaging, can you even blame the common man for not taking this virus seriously?" he asked.