COVID-19: Fourth wave grips Pakistan

Pakistan on Monday reimposed restrictions in major cities to contain the spread of the coronavirus as the fourth wave of the pandemic grips the country with rising cases of the highly transmissible Delta variant.

The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), the nerve centre of the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, revised its guidelines for a number of cities after 4,858 new cases were reported, taking the national tally to 1,039,695.

Announcing the revised guidelines, NCOC chief and Minister for Planning Asad Umar said that the government is taking “targeted and staggered” decisions to curb the spread of the pandemic – now mostly fuelled by the highly transmissible Delta variant of coronavirus.

Umar after a meeting of the NCOC said the new cases and positivity ratio has increased across the country, necessitating fresh measures.

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