Karachi: Sindh government devised standard operating procedures (SOPs) to be followed at the shopping malls to avoid coronavirus pandemic after the top court ordered to open them.
Supreme Court on Monday had ordered the opening of shopping malls across the country, and directed Karachi Commissioner Iftikhar Shallwani to allow all the markets in the port city to resume operations and restrained the city administration from sealing shops and business centres.
Under the SOPs prepared with the assent of the Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah for shopping malls, no customer would be allowed to enter the malls without covering their faces with a mask while visitors should also be provided with hand sanitizers.
Thermal guns would be compulsorily used to record temperature of the visitors.
Those having virus symptoms, people aging above 55-year-old and children would not be allowed to enter the malls.
Commissioner Karachi met with representatives of the shopping malls to ensure implementation on the SOPs.
