The third wave of corona virus continues in Pakistan, but the number of positive cases has decreased.
On Sunday, Sindh Chief Minister Murad
Ali Shah and Punjab Health Minister Yasmeen Rashid urged citizens to get
vaccinated.
According to the National Command and
Operations Center, which monitors Corona's situation and recommends measures,
the number of Corona deaths in the country over the past week has risen to 529.
In the last 24 hours, 76 people have
died in the country from Corona, bringing the total number of deaths to 21,265.
Corona's positive case rate in the
country is currently 3.1 percent.
In the last 24 hours, 52,427 corona
tests were conducted in Pakistan out of which 1,629 tested positive.
The number of active cases of Corona
in the country at present is 47,764.
Addressing a function in Karachi on
Sunday, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said that the co-operation of
citizens was essential to control corona and every citizen should come forward
for vaccination.
He said that in order to open a school,
it is necessary for teachers to get vaccinated.
The Chief Minister appealed to the
government to help in moving towards rehabilitation.
In Lahore, Punjab Health Minister
Yasmeen Rashid said that the rate of positive cases of corona in the province has
come down to 2%. However, he said that many restrictions would be maintained
and there would be a complete lockdown two days a week. ۔
He said that the situation of Corona
in two districts of the province is a bit disturbing where the rate of positive
cases is 8% in Khanewal and 10% in Vehari.
Dr Yasmeen Rashid said that people
should get vaccinated and should not listen to rumors about vaccines. "If
there was any harm in vaccination, the government would have informed the
public."
On the other hand, the health
department in Balochistan has said that the rate of positive cases has
increased in the last four days in the province. According to the health
department, the rate of positive cases in the province increased by more than
eight percent yesterday.
The country is undergoing a
vaccination campaign to protect against corona and millions of citizens are
being vaccinated daily.
According to the NCOC, 255,000 people
were vaccinated in Pakistan yesterday, while a total of more than 8.5 million
people have been vaccinated in the country.
Last week, the government in Sindh
province decided that the salaries of government employees who did not get
vaccinated would be withheld next month.