COVID19 Pakistan Minister Asad Umar warns country witnessed 140 pct rise in COVID-19 mortality rate
Islamabad: Pakistani Minister Asad Umar has claimed that the country's mortality rate due to COVID-19 has increased 140 percent last week.
He warned the public they should not ignore safety protocols.
"Last week daily covid mortality was 12. This is a 140% increase vs few weeks back. We are collectively committing a blunder by recklessly ignoring all sop's & the results have started to show. If we do not change our current path we will lose both lives and livelihoods," he tweeted.
Last week daily covid mortality was 12. This is a 140% increase vs few weeks back. We are collectively committing a blunder by recklessly ignoring all sop's & the results have started to show. If we do not change our current path we will lose both lives and livelihoods
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) October 20, 2020
He said people should change their current path.
Pakistan has registered 6673 deaths due to COVID-19 so far.
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