Lahore - On Sunday, Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid said that the number of coronavirus should have been reduced but it did not happen as the number of cases in the provincial capital were still high.
In an interview, she said that implementation of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) will have to be tightened in Lahore.
The provincial minister said that registered vaccines have been allowed by the government and anyone can order them, adding, “We also have data of vaccines of the private sector.”
Dr Yasmin went on to say that so far more than 2.25 million people have been vaccinated in Punjab, NADRA issues a card after receiving two Covid-19 jabs as the NCOC shares all the information with NADRA, she added. The provincial health minister said that the closure of schools was very painful.
However, a couple of days ago, the Health Minister had said that positivity ratio in Punjab was over 8 percent in 26 districts and Eid days were extremely important to stop the spread of the pandemic.
She had further said that there had been a noticeable decline in the test to positivity ratio in Punjab due to lockdowns and restrictions. There has been a decline in hospital admissions as well. In the DHQs and THQs of Punjab, 685 beds are in use, out of those 2,685 reserved for corona patients. At the DHQs and THQs, 18 patients are under treatment from the 98 ventilators reserved for corona patients. Through smart lockdowns, movement of 90,000 population of Punjab has been placed under restrictions.