Facemask use is now required on all national public transportation, according to the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC). due to the rise in COVID-19 cases. The National Institute of Health (NIH) has issued a formal directive ordering the public to use facemasks while traveling on airplanes, trains, and other forms of public transportation.
The development follows a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases across the nation during the previous several days.
The national Coronavirus positivity rate now stands at 2.85 percent after the NIH earlier today verified 382 new cases of COVID-19.
Over 272 instances of the coronavirus were registered in the nation each day last week.
The Omicron strain of the Coronavirus has two novel sub-variants, which Pakistan also discovered last week. B.4 and B.5 were given to these sub-variants.
B.4 and B.5 were discovered for the first time in South Africa in January and February of this year, respectively.
Compared to BA.2, the “stealth Omicron” sub-variant of Omicron, both of them are more contagious.
According to National Institute of Health (NIH) figures, Pakistan recorded 382 daily COVID-19 cases on Monday as Karachi’s positivity rate spiked to 22.65 — the highest in the nation — over the previous 24 hours.
The health professionals had issued a warning due to the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in the nation, stating that the increase in new infections could result in the pandemic’s sixth wave.
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