Karachi June 9 2022: Keeping in view the current situation, whereby all COVID-related restrictions have been lifted at the national level by the NCOC, State Bank of Pakistan issued instructions to banks for ending the conditions of disinfecting, sealing and quarantine cash collected from its counters for fourteen (14) days.
The banks are however encouraged to continue taking necessary measures for disinfecting the cash and keeping a neat and healthy working environment for their cash processing staff.
Earlier State Bank of Pakistan has advised banks to disinfect, seal and quarantine cash collected from its counters for fourteen (14) days or process such banknotes through Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) certified machines in lieu of the fourteen (14) days quarantine. The banks were given credit for all such cash collected from hospitals and clinics and kept under quarantine on behalf of SBP.
