ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister and chief of National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) Asad Umar on Thursday warned of taking strict action if the standard operating procedures (SOPs) set by the government were not followed, adding that the coronavirus cases were rising the country.
In a message posted on Twitter, the federal minister said that the national positivity of Covid-19 cases was 2.37 per cent yesterday (Wednesday).
Covid positivity is extremely high in muzaffarabad, remains high in karachi, rising in lahore & Islamabad. Time for all of us to take covid sop’s seriously again. Otherwise, unfortunately we may have to take restrictive actions which have negative effects on peoples livelihoods
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) October 15, 2020
This is the highest positivity in more than 50 days. Last time this level was seen on Aug 23. First 4 days of this week coronavirus deaths average was 11 per day, the highest since the week of Aug 10. Unmistakable signs of rise of coronavirus, he added.
Umar urged masses to follow the SOPs or else strict action would be taken to stem the spread of coronavirus.
