President Arif Alvi has once again tested positive for Covid-19 amid fears of the fifth wave of the pandemic fuelled by the Omicron variant
"I have tested [posit]+ive for Covid again
Had a sore throat since 4-5 days & was getting better," the president confirmed on the official Twitter handle
وازا مرضت فھوا یشفین اور جب میں بیمار ہوتا ہوں تو وہی شفا دیتا ہے I have tested +ive for Covid again
Had a sore throat since 4-5 days & was getting better
Felt mildly feverish for a few hours two nights ago
No other symptoms
So friends plz resume precautions & follow SOPs
— Dr
Arif Alvi (@ArifAlvi) January 6, 2022 He said that he felt mildly feverish for a few hours two nights ago and had no other symptoms
President Alvi urged people to take precautions and follow the standard operating procedures (SOPs)
In March last year, President Alvi and Defence Minister Pervaiz Khattak were infected with the contagious disease
“I have tested positive for Covid-19
May Allah have mercy on all Covid affectees
Had 1st dose of vaccine but antibodies start developing after 2nd dose that was due in a week
Please continue to be careful,” the president said in his tweet
وازا مرضت فھوا یشفین اور جب میں بیمار ہوتا ہوں تو وہی شفا دیتا ہے I have tested positive for Covid-19
May Allah have mercy on all Covid affectees
Had 1st dose of vaccine، but antibodies start developing after 2nd dose that was due in a week
Please continue to be careful
— Dr
Arif Alvi (@ArifAlvi) March 29, 2021 Read Omicron feared to loom within mosques On Wednesday, Planning Minister Asad Umar warned that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus was spreading rapidly in Pakistan and feared that it would spread even more quickly in days to come
The warning came as the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) – the government’s synchronised strategy to control the pandemic – reported nearly 900 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day tally of new cases in nearly three months
Read more: NCOC warns Omicron spreading fast Umar, the NCOC chief, told a media briefing along with Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan, that vaccination and following the Covid-induced standard operating procedures (SOPs) were the only way to avoid the spread of the new variant
“As per information, the areas where vaccination ratio is high, the impact of the new variant is far lower than the places where the vaccination ratio is low,” Umar told the joint media briefing along with Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan
The minister said that the hospitalisation of patients had increased manifold in South Africa, the UK, and the US after the spread of Omicron
In South Africa, the number of Omicron cases shot by 3,500% from 116 to 25,000 within four weeks, he said, adding hospitalisation also increased there by 700%
| Date: | 07-Jan-2022 | Reference: | View Original Link |
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