ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Health, Dr Faisal Sultan has said that the COVID-19 vaccine is very effective to protect citizens from medical complications of many virus variants.
In a statement, Faisal Sultan said keeping in view the detection of new COVID-19 variants in Pakistan and raising questions on the effectiveness of the vaccine process, the countrymen are advised to must go for vaccination against the virus to avoid facing more complications and hospitalization.
As speculation about variants continues, it's important to remember that every virus mutates and the coronavirus is not unique for doing so. We're learning more about variants but in the meantime, everyone who is eligible should get vaccinated right away without hesitation. pic.twitter.com/fD1NNK6lHb
— Ministry of National Health Services, Pakistan (@nhsrcofficial) May 1, 2021
He made it clear that there are so many variants of COVID-19 in the world presently, and some virus variants have a tendency of having more chances of re-occurrence of infection.
Dr Faisal Sultan said regardless of which variants have been detected, the SOPs recommended globally continue to be our first line of defense against coronavirus.
On the other hand, The death toll from the novel coronavirus has surpassed the grim landmark of 18,000 on Sunday as another 113 people lost their lives from the disease.
According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), Pakistan reported another 4,414 cases and 113 deaths in the previous 24-hour period day. The national tally of coronavirus cases has reached 829,933 while the death toll stands at 18,070.
There were 45,275 samples were tested in the past day, while the positivity ratio was 9.74 percent. Overall 722,202 people have recovered from the virus, including 5,193 in the past day. The number of active cases has reached 89,661 while there are 5,448 people remain in critical condition.
Punjab remains the most affected region and the only province to have recorded over 300,000 cases. There are 304,889 cases and 8,550 deaths, while the number of active cases in the province stands at 46,306. Islamabad has recorded 75,892 cases and 691 deaths while there are 12,242active cases in the federal capital.
The number of coronavirus cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa stands at 119,277 and 3,350 deaths while there are 12,006 active cases in the province. Sindh has recorded 284,738 cases and 4,658 deaths while Balochistan has recorded 22,528 cases and 237 deaths.
