On Wednesday, the Pakistani Election Commission (ECP) decided to forbid employees with conjunctivitis from entering the workplace.
The electoral watchdog has published a circular on this topic as the fear of pink eye (conjunctivitis) spreads across the nation. The ECP advised against the conjunctivitis-infected individuals reporting to work until they had fully recovered from the infection.
Conjunctivitis-infected employees won’t be permitted in the ECP office
”The infected employee will have to provide the health certificate after recuperating from the eye disease,” the election watchdog insisted. Without a health certificate, no recovered person will be able to visit the ECP office.
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Interim Health Minister Nadeem Jan stated in Islamabad: “The latest pink eye outbreak was caused by Coxsackievirus A24 in Pakistan. A small outbreak of this virus has occurred in several places of the world.
He advised the populace to not worry about the emergence of pink eye, but he also stressed the urgent need for preventative steps to stop the virus.
To avoid contracting the pink eye infection, Mr. Jan advised the public to abide by the standard operating procedures (SOPs) set by the federal and provincial governments.
The administration is making every effort to protect the populace from the outbreak, Mr. Jan continued.
