COVID-19 scenario continues to worsen in Pakistan

Pakistan registered its highest variety of every day COVID-19 instances — 7,678 — on Friday for the reason that pandemic began in 2020, the Nationwide Command and Operation Centre’s (NCOC) statistics had confirmed.

In response to the NCOC, a complete of 58,334 assessments have been carried out within the nation over the past 24 hours, of which 7,586 got here again constructive, pushing the nationwide tally of the virus instances to 1,367,605. The nation’s positivity fee now stands at a document excessive of 13%.

 In the meantime, 20 extra sufferers succumbed to the virus throughout the identical interval, taking the loss of life toll to 29,097.

Along with this, the nation’s energetic coronavirus instances surged to 70,263, making it the best in over 4 months. Pakistan final reported 65,725 energetic instances on September 16, 2021.

Statistics 23 Jan 22:
Complete Assessments in Final 24 Hours: 58,334
Optimistic Instances: 7586
Positivity %: 13.00%
Deaths :20
Sufferers on Essential Care: 1,083

— NCOC (@OfficialNcoc) January 23, 2022

A day earlier, the Nationwide Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) had revised COVID-19 protocols for mosques and introduced that solely totally vaccinated folks shall be allowed to hope contained in the locations of worship.

The physique main Pakistan’s COVID-19 response additionally introduced on Friday that every one faculties with a excessive COVID-19 positivity ratio would stay closed for one week throughout the nation.

On January 21, the NCOC had determined to close down all faculties with a excessive COVID-19 positivity ratio for one week throughout the nation to curb the brand new variant, Omicron.

A notification issued by the NCOC had mentioned that every one the tutorial establishments, premises, sections, particular courses with excessive positivity shall be closed for one week.

“Provincial administration, in session with district well being, schooling authorities, and faculty administrations, is to set a threshold of instances for deciding such closures,” the notification had added.

The NCOC had added that COVID testing in instructional institutes was carried out in main Omicron-hit cities to establish illness unfold amongst college students and guarantee correct illness mapping.

Due to this fact, conserving in view the outcomes, the NCOC had taken the next selections:

• Aggressive testing in schooling institutes for subsequent two weeks particularly in excessive illness prevalence cities.

• Federating items to hold out particular vaccination drives in faculties to make sure 100% vaccination of scholars over 12 years of age.