In a first of its kind, the Sindh government has decided to launch a door-to-door vaccination drive for protection from coronavirus, in view of the rising cases of the Omicron variant of the disease in the province
The decision is particularly taken because the inoculation rate among women has been found unsatisfactory
Since men go outdoors more than women, they have received the prescribed two jabs of the anti-Covid vaccines in bigger numbers
But a fairly large number of females have yet remained unvaccinated, as around 30 million jabs have been administered in Sindh as of January 4
Now women will now be offered the jabs at their homes through lady health workers
Governments over the world are making efforts to inoculate the maximum number of people given the fact that Covid-19 is a highly contagious illness
The unvaccinated pose a risk to both the vaccinated and the unvaccinated
Experience shows that with time the virus has the tendency to mutate into various forms
So far, three variants have come up, affecting people nearly all over the globe
With the onset of winter, the omicron variety of the disease has been spreading across the world
There is nothing surprising about the present surge in the infection rate as scientists had warned that the virus’s fangs get sharper and enlarged in the cold weather
It would be misleading to go by the 2020 experience when the coronavirus raged during April and May in the region as well as the entire world, taking a heavy toll of human life
It is quite possible that those who fell prey to coronavirus may have had contracted the infection months earlier before the symptoms became manifest
Now the Omicron variant is spreading in Pakistan and its neigbourhood
All parts of the country, including Sindh, are in the grip of the deadly virus
Unfortunately, people are completely disregarding precautions as if the dreaded virus has fully disappeared
The authorities should pay attention to this preventive aspect too
Published in The Express Tribune, January 8th, 2022
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Date: | 09-Jan-2022 | Reference: | View Original Link |
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