Covid-19 death toll crosses 19,000 mark 14 more health workers test positive; another doctor dies
May 12, 2021
Pakistan has surged past another grim landmark for coronavirus deaths as it reported 113 new fatalities during the last 24 hours, taking the total death tally to 19,106 nationwide.
According to the data provided by National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Tuesday, 3,084 people tested Covid-19 positive during the last 24 hours after 38,883 tests were conducted, taking the total caseload to 864,577. The coronavirus positivity ratio has reached 7.93 percent.
The number of active Covid-19 cases in the country is 78,959, while 766,492 people have recovered from the virus so far.
The highest number of deaths have been reported from Punjab 9,125. Around 4,750 deaths have been reported from Sindh, over 3,600 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 716 from Islamabad, 253 from Balochistan, 508 from Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and 107 from Gilgit-Baltistan.
Given the high health costs of tobacco use, reducing smoking rates would lead to substantial health gains
Tobacco kills half of its users as has been indicated by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Tobacco use is the single largest preventable cause of death in the world. It kills 8 million people every year. More than 7 million deaths are a direct result of tobacco use, while 1.2 million deaths are due to secondhand smoke.
In Pakistan, tobacco is a cause of death of around 160,100 persons every year. The youth of Pakistan are being targetted by the tobacco industry so that “replacement smokers” can be recruited. Around 1,200 Pakistani children between the ages of 6 and 15 start smoking every day.
Pakistan launches COVID-19 vaccination drive for people over 60
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A health worker receives a dose of the Sinopharm vaccine at Shah Bhitai hospital. Photo: Online
Pakistan launched on Wednesday the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive which aims to inoculate people over 60 years.
âThe senior-most citizens will be the first ones to receive the doses of COVID-19 vaccine,â announced Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan.
Those who have already registered will receive a message with further instructions about their vaccine centre and date on their mobile numbers, according to an official of the Ministry of National Health.
Islamabad
March 3, 2021
Islamabad : Dr Nousheen Hamid, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of National Health, has said that efforts to raise mass awareness at every level are imperative to become adapted to the “new normal” as a nation after COVID-19.
Dr Nousheen was speaking at a webinar on “Life after COVID-19: Are we ready to opt for a new normal” organised by Sustainable Development Policy Institute as a part of its campaign “No one is safe until everyone is safe,” here Tuesday.
Dr Nousheen said that the government has planned a massive vaccine programme and by the end of 2021, about 70 million people are expected to get vaccinated. However, every individual would have to play a role to respond to the challenge posed by the pandemic.
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