On Sunday, Dr Faisal Sultan said that the third wave of Covid-19 in Pakistan has more potential than the first one. Covid-19 cases in Pakistan reached a nine-month high from last week.
About two weeks ago, Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar, had confirmed that the third wave of Covid-19 in Pakistan.
Dr Faisal Sultan said that Covid-19 third wave has potential to be worse than the first one. No time for complacency or visiting crowded places of any kind. Wear masks and educate those around you.
Covid-19 current wave with potential to be worse than the first one in the summer of 2020. NO time for complacency or visiting crowded places of any kind. Wear masks and educate those around you.
— Faisal Sultan (@fslsltn) March 28, 2021
If vaccination process has been completed. Then Covid Immunisation Certificate would be taken from https://nims.nadra.gov.pk or from NADRA Mega Centres. Vaccination status would be checked by sending CNIC to 1166.
National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), meeting held on Sunday. That announced that all kinds of gatherings indoor as well as outdoor have been banned with immediate effect. This includes all social, cultural, political, sports, and other events.
Under the guidelines of the recent session, NCOC will provide updated hotspot maps to provinces for enforcement of expanded lockdowns with effect from 29th March 21.
Moreover, there will be a complete ban on weddings. On both indoor and outdoor, from April 5 onwards. However, provinces will be at liberty to implement restrictions in the early time frame as per the situation on the ground.
Pakistan’s tally for confirmed cases has reached 654,591, with at least 4,767 cases being reported only a day ago. The country’s death toll now stands at 14,215 after it recorded 57 deaths in the last 24 hours.
I am a freelance writer studied Biochemistry at the University of Agriculture Peshawar in the faculty of Nutrition sciences.