Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza said on Monday that Pakistan’s coronavirus cases and deaths were on the rise and urged citizens to follow government mandated standard operating procedures (SOPs) against the virus, warning that “strict lockdowns” could be reimposed across the country if the trajectory continued.
Lamenting that the government’s instructions and SOPs to control the spread of the virus were not being followed, the prime minister’s aide said:
“As we promised when we eased the lockdown, if this trend continues we may reimpose strict lockdowns after Eid,” Mirza said.
Noting that there was this perception amongst people that the virus outbreak in the country had ended, Mirza reminded everyone that deaths and cases were rising continuously.
“Unfortunately, there is now this thinking among us that this disease [Covid-19] was only here till Eid and that somehow it’ll disappear after Eid. This is a huge misunderstanding.
“I want to warn Pakistanis that if you don’t take precautionary measures, this crisis could turn into a huge tragedy.
