Asad Umar warns coronavirus reduced but risk still alive

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar has warned that the coronavirus is reduced but the risk is still alive.

Taking to Twitter, Asad Umar wrote that with the support of provinces strategies were made at the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) for every occasion including, Eid, Muharram, Schools opening and etc.

At NCOC, with provincial support we prepare for every occasion which can increase cases..eid, muharram, school opening etc. Because covid is reduced but risk is still alive. Our approach in robert frosts words..But i have promises to keep and miles to go before i sleep

— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) August 21, 2020

“At NCOC, with provincial support, we prepare for every occasion which can increase cases..eid, Muharram, school opening, etc. Because COVID-19  is reduced but the risk is still alive. Our approach in Robert Frost’s words. But I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep,” he wrote.

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Pakistan’s coronavirus recoveries are now above 273,000 while the number of total confirmed cases has passed 291,588. Several patients have recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours taking the total number of recoveries to 273,579.

According to the government, the graph of coronavirus cases in Pakistan is constantly declining, but the threat of the virus has not yet been averted. The first case of coronavirus in Pakistan was registered on 26th February.