Jan 9, 2022: Pakistan’s corona virus positive rate was recorded at 3.16% while for the fourth day in a row the number of cases is more than 1000.

During the last 24 hours, 49,658 tests were performed, of which 1,572 were positive. The number of corona viruses across the country has now risen to 1,304,058. The virus, meanwhile, claimed seven more lives, bringing the total to 28,969. The critical number of cases is now 604. In addition, 325 people recovered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 1,258,657.

The National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) said 706,192 doses were delivered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 162,115,885.

On Saturday, Pakistan’s corona virus positive rate was recorded at 2.89%. Earlier this week, NCOC chief Asad Omar said authorities were not considering imposing a lockdown in the wake of the Omicron variant. The Minister for Planning, Development and Special Measures added that he was closely monitoring the number of corona viruses.

Similarly, Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Pechoho said on Friday that the authorities were not considering imposing a lockdown in the province.

The Sindh government has recently made it mandatory for students 12 years of age and older to be vaccinated against corona virus to prevent the spread of omega-3 type. Meanwhile, Karachi is launching a door-to-door campaign to vaccinate women, who are lagging behind men in coronavirus vaccination rates as the country enters the fifth wave of CoVID-19 pandemic.

The provincial government’s campaign will use women health workers, who have long been instrumental in nationwide polio vaccination campaigns in Pakistan.

The rate of vaccination among male family members who go out to work is higher than the rate among women, according to Qasim Siraj Soomro, parliamentary secretary health for Sindh.

The first case of the omicron variant was reported in Karachi on December 13, and the federal government has acknowledged that the fifth wave of the pandemic has started in the country, with most cases being reported in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad.

About 70 million people in Pakistan, or 32% of the population, have received two doses of the vaccine. The government has allowed booster doses for citizens over the age of 30 since Monday. Children over the age of 12 are being vaccinated in their schools.

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