Third wave hits Punjab’s youngest
Province records sharp rise in the number of pediatric Covid-19 cases
Schoolchildren clean their hands at a private primary school amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in France, March 30, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS
LAHORE:
As Punjab faces a deadly third surge of the coronavirus pandemic, an increasing number of children are testing positive for the respiratory infection.
According to provincial health department documents, more than 26,000 children have tested positive for the virus during the current wave of the super spreader, which has infected more than 273,000 people in the province since its onset.
Medical practitioners on the frontlines in the fight against Covid-19 confirmed the fresh spike in the number of cases has witnessed more pediatric patients. The positive cases, they said, were reported in patients between the age of 1-18 years.
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ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) for Covid will meet again on Wednesday (today) to consider putting restrictions on the entry of passengers from more countries after slapping a ban on India to prevent spread of the Indian variant in Pakistan through any other country.
The NCOC will also take stock of the grim situation as the number of active cases in the country has already surpassed the 80,000 mark, while 137 deaths from the coronavirus were reported in a single day, increasing the death toll in less than three weeks to 1,923.