Govt employees won't receive salaries until they are vaccinated: Sindh CM

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Govt employees won't receive salaries until they are vaccinated: Sindh CM

 KARACHI (Dunya News) – Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Murad Ali Shah has directed the provinicial finance department not to issue the salaries for the month of July to the employees who don’t get vaccinated.

CM Murad Ali Shah chaired the meeting of the provincial task force on coronavirus where the current coronavirus situation in the province was reviewed. The meeting was informed that 55 out of 26,812 people coming to Karachi from abroad were tested positive for corona virus.

“On May 29, four passengers were diagnosed with the Indian variant. They came in contact with 14 other people, all of them are being tested,” the meeting was apprised.

The provincial task force on corona was further told that more than 1.5 million people had been vaccinated in Sindh till now. The Eastern District has reported the most corona positive cases. The Eastern District reported 20 deaths, 21% new cases of coronavirus from May 27 to June 2nd. Around 392 people succumbed to the deadly virus in Sindh last month.

It is pertinent to mention here that the Punjab government has also made it compulsory for its government employees and their families to get vaccinated till June 30.