ISLAMABAD: Planning Minister and chief of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) Asad Umar hinted at imposing stronger restrictions if the standard operating procedures (SOPs) were not followed.
In his message on Twitter, the federal minister said that a sharp spike had been witnessed in the positivity of the Covid-19.
Sharp spike in covid positivity. Hospital daily admissions & people in critical care rising fast. If sop compliance does not improve, we will be forced to place stronger restrictions on activities. Please be very very careful. The new strain spreads faster and is more deadly.
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) March 18, 2021
He added that the hospital daily admissions and people in critical care were rising fast. SOPs compliance does not improve, we will be forced to place stronger restrictions on activities.
He advised citizens to be very very careful, adding the new strain was spreading faster and is more deadly.