Pakistan COVID19 Pakistan witnessing surge in COVID-19 cases, Imran Khan urges people to follow SOPs
Islamabad: Pakistan is witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases and even PM Imran Khan on Monday urged people to follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) to tackle the situation.
Addressing the nation following a meeting of the National Coordination Committee (NCC) on the COVID-19 coronavirus, PM Imran Khan was quoted as saying by Geo News: "We reviewed the rising cases of the COVID-19 and the second wave — which is being experienced in the entire world, especially Europe and America, where cases are rising rapidly and even more than there were before.
"In America, the coronavirus cases have risen beyond the first peak and we see the same in England. They have started lockdowns; just like they shut down their countries earlier, they've gone towards the lockdowns again," he said.
"We were observing how many cases were there in the provinces. So, first off, I wish to tell you that God was especially benevolent towards us. We are a very lucky nation — see our neighbours Iran and India — so God was especially kind to Pakistan, we were saved from the havoc the coronavirus wreaked in the rest of the world and in our neighbouring countries," he said.
The meeting comes after the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) recommended urgent and emergency measures to the NCC to control the rapidly-increasing second wave of coronavirus infections across the country, reports Geo News.
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