Islamabad: Dec 09, 2020 (TNS): Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar has again appealed to people to strictly follow the standard operating procedures (SOPs) to contain spread of the second of COVID-19.<\/p>\n
Talking to media after a review meeting on COVID-19 situation, in Islamabad on Wednesday, he said Pakistan successfully overcame the first wave of the pandemic, and it can again achieve the same success by adhering to the SOPs.<\/p>\n
The Minister said the government has made some important and difficult decisions to control the pandemic, which proved quite effective.<\/p>\n
He said the government will soon announce relief package for the sectors closed in the second wave of the pandemic.<\/p>\n
The Minister said Prime Minister Imran Khan will chair a meeting of National Coordination Committee on COVID-19 tomorrow to review the latest situation about Coronavirus in the country and take necessary decisions.<\/p>\n
He said the meeting will also be attended by the provincial chief ministers.<\/p>\n
The Minister regretted that people are not following the SOPs of Coronavirus as they did during the first wave.<\/p>\n
He said National Command and Operation Center has witnessed sixty deaths per day on average and four percent increase in Corona patients during the last two months.<\/p>\n
Asad Umar paid tributes to the doctors and paramedics who are rendering their services to help people in the pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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