Islamabad :
Omicron started spreading from South Africa, now cases of Omicron are also increasing in Pakistan, Asad Umar, the head of NCOC, in view of the increasing cases of Omekron in Pakistan, people wear masks to avoid going to crowded places and calls for precautionary measures.
According to details, Asad Umar, head of National Command and Setter and Dr. Faisal, special assistant for health, held a joint press conference.
The head of NCOC said that Omi Crown started spreading from South Africa, now the cases of OmiCron are also increasing in Pakistan, the speed of this variant is very fast, people should avoid going to crowded places, wear masks and take precaution. Take measures. Asad Omar said that after South Africa, Omi Crown spread rapidly in the United States and United Kingdom. In South Africa, the number of hospitalized patients increased by 700% while in United States and United Kingdom almost 300% people went to hospital.
He said there were more vaccinated people in the United States and United Kingdom than in South Africa, and those who had been vaccinated had a lower risk of contracting the disease. Vaccination has been allowed up to and above.
Asad Umar said that people living in big cities are most at risk, only 60% of cases are coming from Karachi and Lahore. The rate increased by 940% in 2 weeks, Punjab increased by 185% in 10 to 12 days cases, world evidence shows that cases may increase rapidly but vaccination reduces the spread of corona.
