Eid in controlled, limited environment: SAPM Asad Umar warns of rapid build-up of covid patients NCOC Chairman Asad Umar encourages those over the age of 40 to register early for their jab. PHOTO: SCREENGRAB ISLAMABAD: Federal authorities at the forefront of the battle against coronavirus were determined on Thursday to turn the page on the pandemic with extra precaution on Eidul Azha next week, as the single-day tally of new cases kept on rising this week, fuelled by the Indian-origin Delta variant. A few weeks ago, there was less than 2% coronavirus positivity ratio across the country, indicating that the third wave of the disease, which surfaced in March, had subsided. But now there had been a streak of days with the positivity rate surpassing 4%, amid grim warning of a fourth wave.