Mayor fixes five graveyards

Mayor Karachi Wasim Akhtar Monday fixed five graveyards of the city for those who die of the novel coronavirus, saying that only few relatives of the deceased would be allowed to attend funerals.
Talking to media after reviewing measures to tackle coronavirus at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Akhtar said that all preventive steps would be taken by the local administration in the funeral of a person die of coronavirus.
"Only close relatives of the deceased would be allowed to attend funerals and no one can have last glimpse in the graveyard," he added. Metropolitan Commissioner Dr Syed Saif ur Rehman, Senior Director Coordination Masood Alam, Senior Director Health Services Dr Salma Kausar, Medical Superintendent Dr Nadeem Rajput and other officials were also present on the occasion.
Akhtar said that Muhammad Shah graveyard North Karachi, Surjani graveyard, Mawach Goth graveyard, Korangi No.6 graveyard and Gulshan-e-Zia graveyard Orangi Town have been fixed for the purpose. He said that the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation is taking all out measures despite limited resources, adding that he had approached National Disaster Management and Sindh Governor Imran Ismail and asked them to provide all basic equipment including ventilator to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH).