Authorities sealed eight restaurants in Karachi’s South District for violating coronavirus SOPs.

The district administration sealed Dua, Special Salateen restaurants in Clifton. Officials sealed Frontier, Baithak, and Khyber restaurants at Boat Basin.

Two restaurants in Aram Bagh and one more in Saddar were sealed too, according to the official.

“There was a huge crowd present at these restaurants without any social distance,” DC South Irshad Ali Sodhar said. “The staff was dealing with customers without masks and gloves,” he added.

The administration has sealed these restaurants for now, he said. Their owners would be fined at the time of de-sealing the eateries.