SAPM Dr Faisal appeals for compliance of SOPs to avert Covid spread

SAPM Dr Faisal appeals for compliance of SOPs to avert Covid spread.

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Health Services Dr. Faisal Sultan has appealed the people to fully comply with the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to avert the spread of COVID-19.

SAPM Dr Faisal appeals for compliance of SOPs to avert Covid spread

He said this, while briefing the media in Islamabad on Monday.

He said burden on health care system has increased following surge in positivity ratio.

Especially, surge witnessed in big cities of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Kashmir.

Moreover, the Special Assistant expressed the confidence that religious scholars will ensure compliance to the SOPs.

He requested them to ensure SOPs also in the mosques during the holy month of Ramadan like they did in the previous Ramadan.

He said the process of vaccination is underway and asked the people aged above sixty five to get themselves vaccinated without any appointment.

Furthermore, he asked the people above fifty years to get themselves registered for vaccination whilst those above sixty should get the vaccine on the given date.

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Meanwhile, Parliamentary Secretary for National Health Services Regulations and Coordination Dr Nausheen Hamid spoke to a private news channel Monday.

She appealed to the masses to strictly follow the SOPs. She was referring to the SOPs designed to contain the spread of the Covid-19.

Moreover, she said that the number of cases is rapidly increasing in major cities and slum areas of country.

GTV