NCOC asks people to seriously observe SOPs to avoid Coronavirus

NCOC asks people to seriously observe SOPs to avoid Coronavirus.

Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar addressed a news conference after a meeting of the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) in Islamabad on Wednesday.

NCOC asks people to seriously observe SOPs to avoid Coronavirus

He appealed people to demonstrate seriousness in observance of standard operating procedures .

Asad Umar noted it necessary (SOPs) to check the fast spread of Coronavirus pandemic in the country.

He regretted that people as well as the administration are not showing the level of seriousness.

The minister said this, while comparing the first wave of Covid-19, which they successfully controlled.

He further said the situation has reached the alarming level.

He said if the rising trend of the pandemic not contained in a couple of days, the government will have to take further strict steps in the major cities.

Asad Umar said currently over 83,000 Covid-19 patients in the country.

He said the positivity ratio has crossed even 30 percent in certain cities.

The minister further said Sindh had relatively remained safe.

Alarming situation

However, the positivity ratio in Karachi also reached 13 percent yesterday.

He said over six hundred patients are being brought to hospitals daily.

The number of the patients on oxygen has crossed 4500, the 33 percent higher than the peak level of the first wave.

Furthermore, he said the current week to witness the highest ever death toll in a week since the pandemic has hit the country.

He said more than eighty-five percent ventilators in several cities remain occupied.

He said the oxygen production in the country not unlimited.

Currently, over ninety percent of the capacity being produced.

Moreover, he said the NCOC has made some decisions keeping in view the latest critical situation, which will be shared with the provinces.

GTV