The Sindh Health Department has suggested shutting down schools for longer duration and ban on public gatherings like that of PSL, citing threats posed by the CoronaVirus outbreak.

Sindh Health Department disclosed this in a press note issued Tuesday.

The meeting chaired by the Health Minister of Sindh Azra Pechuho has also decided to issue an advisory for a ban on gathering at public places and immediately setting up coronavirus information desks at all hospitals across the province.

Sindh schools closure likely to extended with reporting of 9 new coronavirus cases on March 9 – all 9 cases in Karachi and total in Karachi now stands at 13.

However, the total number of cases rises in Pakistan to 16.