Pakistan experienced the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic in June, 2020; and now after nine months the number of the country’s critical patients suffering from the disease is 30 percent higher.
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Call to resume health workers vaccination
National
April 19, 2021
KARACHI: Hardly 10 of the doctors and healthcare providers who lost their lives due to Covid-19 in Pakistan were directly involved with the treatment and management of the disease, the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has claimed, demanding the resumption of the coronavirus vaccination to all healthcare workers without any delay.
“Of the 192 doctors who lost their lives in Pakistan, around 182 were ordinary doctors and healthcare providers who contracted the disease from asymptomatic patients,” PMA General Secretary Dr Qaiser Sajjad told The News on Sunday.
“Every healthcare provider in Pakistan is a frontline healthcare worker because they are risking their lives by treating known as well as asymptomatic patients of Covid-19.”
Covid-19 goes berserk Active cases numbered at 80,559 97 more die of Covid-19 in Punjab More smart lockdowns imposed
April 19, 2021
The coronavirus situation continues deteriorating in the country, with 149 new deaths the second-highest coronavirus fatalities since the pandemic emerged last year – were reported during the last twenty-four hours, said the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Sunday.
The number of casualties in a single day makes it the highest number of coronavirus deaths reported this year. The country’s highest death toll from the virus till date was recorded on June 19, 2020 when 153 people passed away due to the virus.
Moreover, the country also recorded its highest single-day tally of coronavirus cases in 10 months with 6,127 fresh cases reported in a day. The country’s tally for confirmed cases has now reached 756,285, whereas the number of total active Covid-19 cases across the country has reached 80,559.
Karachi
April 19, 2021
Hardly 10 of the doctors and healthcare providers who lost their lives due to Covid-19 in Pakistan were directly involved with the treatment and management of the disease, the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has claimed, demanding the resumption of the coronavirus vaccination to all healthcare workers without any delay.
“Of the 192 doctors who lost their lives in Pakistan, around 182 were ordinary doctors and healthcare providers who contracted the disease from asymptomatic patients,” PMA General Secretary Dr Qaiser Sajjad told The News on Sunday.
“Every healthcare provider in Pakistan is a frontline healthcare worker because they are risking their lives by treating known as well as asymptomatic patients of Covid-19.”