The Pakistan authorities can be pressured to impose lockdown in cities if the surge in the COVID-19 circumstances continued, a senior minister has stated, as the whole variety of coronavirus infections in the nation reached 820,823. The loss of life toll from the lethal virus in the nation reached 17,811 after 131 extra fatalities had been reported in the final 24 hours, whereas 5,112 new COVID-19 infections had been reported, pushing the nationwide tally to 820,823, in accordance to the Ministry of National Health Services.
The ministry reported that the COVID-19 positivity charge was 10.41 per cent. Planning Minister Asad Umar warned that the federal government can be pressured to lockdown the cities if the positivity charge crossed 15 per cent.
“The problem isn’t over and infact is continuous to improve. The want for precautions and following sop’s is important at this level in time. Next few weeks are crucial. No system can cope if we enable the illness to unfold quickly” he said in a tweet on Friday. Special Assistant on Health Dr Faisal Sultan said that Pakistan has purchased 13 million doses of vaccine from three Chinese companies including Sinopharm, CanSinoBio and Sinovac, while it will get some 2.4 million doses from the COVAX facility.
We will hopefully receive these supplies in the next two months, he said, adding that currently China was the main supplier for the vaccine but Pakistan was trying to expand procurement from other countries. As the country was trying to increase vaccination, three special planes of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) airlifted one million doses of the vaccine from China late Thursday.
“The fresh consignment is in addition to one million doses of COVID-19 vaccine transported to Pakistan from China by three planes of the national flag carrier on April 25,” stated Qadir Bux Sangi, who’s PIA nation supervisor for China. The nation additionally introduced to begin vaccination of individuals aged between 40 to 49 years from May 3. Previously, jabs had been allowed for these above the age of fifty.
Umar stated that for the second consecutive day on Thursday, greater than 100,000 doses had been administered to individuals, taking the quantity vaccinations to over 2.1 million. It is estimated that with 100,000 each day doses, Pakistan would take greater than six years to vaccinate its complete inhabitants of 220 million individuals.
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