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People haven’t been serious about following SOPs as virus spreading rapidly: Faisal

People haven’t been serious about following SOPs as virus spreading rapidly: Faisal
April 12, 2021

ISLAMABAD (92 News) - Prime Minister's Special Assistant on National Health Services Dr Faisal Sultan has said that the people have not been serious about following SOPs as the coronavirus (COVID-19) is spreading rapidly.

Briefing the journalists, the special assistant said that the country continues to battle the third wave and appealed the people to fully comply with the SOPs to avert the spread of coronavirus.

"Burden on health care system has increased following surge in positivity ratio especially in big cities of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Kashmir. He also expressed the confidence that religious scholars will ensure compliance to the SOPs in the mosques during the holy month of Ramazan as was seen in the previous Ramazan.

"The data from April 1 to April 11 shows that people haven’t been serious about following the SOPs. Our research shows that 50% of hospitals have been taking precautionary measures, while most violations have been reported in the transport sector."

“We told cities to close all businesses and markets on certain days and found that they did not follow the instructions. Restaurants have opened indoor dining and less than 5% of Pakistanis wear masks in public in different cities," he mentioned.

Dr Faisal requested the people to take the virus seriously. “The virus is spreading at alarming rates and we need to be more cautious,” he added. He also asked the ulema to help the government and spread awareness about SOP implementation.

He said the process of vaccination is underway and asked the people aged above sixty five to get themselves vaccinated without any appointment.

He asked the people above fifty years to get themselves registered for vaccination whilst those above sixty should get the vaccine on the given date.