ISLAMABAD: With the variety of Covid-19 circumstances rising within the nation, President Dr Arif Alvi on Sunday urged the nation to strictly adhere to the well being protocols for the subsequent few months and proceed carrying masks, sustaining social distance and washing palms regularly.
In a video message, President Alvi mentioned the nation had contained the virus to a terrific extent however had not eradicated it utterly that was why fixed observance of the usual working procedures (SOPs) was required.
He mentioned the nation had recorded 6,825 infections on June 14, the very best variety of constructive circumstances, which dropped to 185 on Aug 31. The determine has now crossed the 700 mark, he added. He mentioned the federal government had confronted the Covid-19 problem by adopting good lockdowns whereas concurrently making certain enterprise exercise continued to avoid wasting individuals from unemployment.
“After a bit of decline, the virus has resurfaced in America, France, Spain, England and other European countries,” he added.
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Dr Alvi mentioned Pakistan had tackled coronavirus successfully after individuals began carrying masks in mosques and markets, regularly washing palms and observing social distancing. “In order to avert its resurgence, they are required to keep observing precautions for a few more months to purge the country of the disease,” he added.
The president mentioned that by pursuing the “prudent” imaginative and prescient of Prime Minister Imran Khan, individuals’s livelihood was saved and the poor have been assisted by way of the Ehsaas Programme, a money distribution challenge below which over Rs200 billion has to date been distributed among the many needy.
He suggested individuals to not ignore precautions and keep away from gatherings at marriage ceremony halls and hugging to stop additional unfold of the virus.
Whereas posting a TV seize of former US president Barack Obama’s financial advisory council chief’s interview on CNN, federal Minister for Planning and Growth Asad Umar on Sunday night tweeted: “Larry Summers the former chief economist of world bank and former chief of economic advisory council of president obama says if the US had handled covid as well as Pakistan it could have saved 10 trillion dollars.”
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Earlier on Thursday, Mr Umar mentioned there have been “unmistakable signs of the rise of coronavirus” within the nation and the federal government might need to take “restrictive actions” to curb the unfold, which might have destructive results on the livelihood of the individuals.
He mentioned Covid-19 circumstances stood at 2.37 per cent on Wednesday, which was the very best in over 50 days.
The minister, who additionally heads the Nationwide Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) that oversees the nation’s response to the pandemic, mentioned the demise of 11 coronavirus sufferers on a median was reported in the course of the first 4 days of this week, the very best since Aug 10.
He mentioned Covid-19 positivity was ‘extremely high’ in Muzaffarabad, ‘high’ in Karachi and ‘rising’ in Lahore and Islamabad.
Printed in Daybreak, October 19th, 2020
