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Pakistan Reports 1,980 Coronavirus Cases in 24 Hours Pakistan Reports 1,980 Coronavirus Cases in 24 Hours Courtesy PID Confirmed infections of COVID-19 reach 978,847, against 915,343 recoveries and 22,642 deaths, leaving 40,862 active cases Pakistan on Wednesday reported 1,980 new infections of COVID-19 after conducting 47,472 tests a positivity ratio of 4.17 percent. The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) on Tuesday decided to mobilize the Pakistan Army once again to implement the government’s standard operating procedures (SOPs) amidst mounting concerns of a fourth wave of the pandemic. Following a review meeting, it said international flight operations had been increased from the existing 20 percent to 50 percent, and backed imposing smart lockdowns in areas with high positivity of the coronavirus. Meanwhile, Parliamentary Health Secretary Dr. Nausheen Hamid told Geo News that around 50 percent of all new COVID-19 cases being reported across Pak ....
Pakistan Has No Current Plans to Buy COVID-19 Vaccines, PAC Told File photo. Joe Raedle-Getty Images North America AFP Health officials claim the country will be primarily relying on free vaccines through donations and aid to inoculate its eligible population Pakistan’s National Health Service on Thursday informed the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that it is primarily relying on free coronavirus vaccines to inoculate the country’s eligible population, adding that there are no plans to purchase inoculations “as we don’t need much.” Briefing the PAC about the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led government’s plans to procure COVID-19 vaccines, NHS Secretary Amir Ashraf Khawaja said that China’s Sinopharm had committed to donating one million doses of its vaccine to Pakistan. Of this, he said, 500,000 doses had already been received by Pakistan, with around 275,000 doses already administered to frontline healthcare workers. ....