Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza has hinted that the country may be subjected to further lockdown if the number of coronavirus cases and deaths surged.
Mirza, while
speaking to the media in Islamabad, warned that any further negligence over the implementation of the standard operating procedures (SOPs) could worsen the situatio
n as the daily number of cases skyrocketed.
As of now, 56,792
people
have been detected to
have contracted the virus while 1,169 of them
have lost the battle against the disease.
Giving a media briefing in Islamabad, he said that 37,700 patients were undergoing treatment across the country while 112 are currently on ventilators. In the last 24 hours, 34
people
have lost their lives to the virus in Pakistan. He said that globally, a total of 5.5 million coronavirus cases
have been reported and deaths
have exceeded 346,000.
Dr. Zafar Mirza said that the virus
is spreading rapidly but
people are not taking necessary precautions. If such a situation persists, the government may consider tightening the lockdown after reviewing the situation after Eid, he warned.
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