The Sindh government is allowing bakeries and milk shops across the province to remain open till midnight, according to the official notification issued on Wednesday.
“Bakeries and milk shops are allowed till 12:00 am (midnight),” the communique informed.
Restaurants and food streets will remain closed and no indoor or outdoor dining is permitted at this stage, the notification added. However, home delivery, takeaway and drive-through facilities are allowed.
Earlier this month, as the third wave of the Covid-19 swept across Sindh, Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah announced the closure of all shops, including grocery stores at 6 pm. He also directed that restaurants may not be permitted to offer takeaways after sunset but may continue home deliveries.
“We would further tighten enforcement of SOPs and close Hawkesbay, Seaview and other recreational facilities for visitors,” he said while chairing a meeting of the coronavirus taskforce at the CM House.
On the same day, the government announced that all commercial activities across the provinces will be allowed to operate on Friday and Sunday from 6 am till 6 pm.
Markets and businesses of the province remained shut till May 16 on Eid-ul-Fitr. Only grocery stores and essential services were permitted to remain open during the closure.
So far, over 15,000 people have been vaccinated during the last two month at the Arts Council’s Covid-19 vaccination centre jointly established by the Sindh Health Department.
A large number of  Arts Council of Pakistan members, including prominent personalities like Zia Mohyuddin, Anwer Maqsood, Imdad Hussaini, Javed Sheikh, Humayun Saeed and others got the dose of covid vaccination the council’s vaccination centre.
“The ongoing vaccination process has been started from March 17, 2021, at the Arts Council.
“Arts Council is organizing digital activities for the member whereas all the physical activities has been postponed as per the government instructions,” Ahmed Shah stated.
He further said that after the aged 40+ Sindh government has now opened the vaccine registrations for the people aged over 30 years.
Arts Council President Muhammad Ahmad Shah said that like the government of Sindh, we also want to vaccinate as many people as possible.
In this regard, Arts Council Karachi assures all possible cooperation because as long as a large number of people are not vaccinated it is difficult to come out of the coronavirus epidemic.
“Due to the ban imposed by the government the Arts Council is engaged in digital activities but our main objective is to vaccinate people.
Earlier people were nervous but now the situation has returned to normal. And after what people have seen in India, the trend towards vaccination has increased” Ahmed Shah added.
It should be noted that the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi is an institute that promotes cultural activities but stands by the government in dealing with floods, earthquakes and other epidemics.
