Punjab health department says no patient with a new strain of coronavirus reported yet but high risk at the end of January

No patient with a new strain of coronavirus reported yet says NCOC, The National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) said on Monday 21^st December 2020 that the highest number of coronavirus positivity rate of 40.3% and majority cases were observed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with the positivity rate of 25.5% and the country’s financial capital, Karachi for the month of December.

Pakistan was one of the blessed countries where coronavirus cases started to drop in mid-July, however since November 1, there was an increase in new cases in the country. With 2,475 new cases registered in the country, the caseload rose to 479,715 including 435,073 recoveries. The recoveries percentage is up to 90.7% from the prior 86%. According to NCOC No patient with a new strain of coronavirus has been reported.

Meanwhile, Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Secretary General Dr Qaisar Sajjad said, People isolate themselves for 14 days and they remain in isolation when they got to know that they have coronavirus symptoms. He also mentioned that I am afraid from the most problematic months (End of December and January) because there will be the highest number of cases in these months and there is a warning of infection to a large number of people in this time period.

According to Geo News, Sindh and Punjab recorded 41 new deaths while six people died due to coronavirus in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. To decrease coronavirus death rate and infection in country government also imposed lockdowns in different virus-affected zones along with a general ban on public meetings, gathering etc. As we know there are many factors that can transfer coronavirus from one person to another person. One of the main issues now a days is if two persons are interacting with each other, one or both persons are wearing mask but one of the person is coughing or showing symptoms of coronavirus, that encounter may occur outdoor or indoors, so avoiding this situation we can follow “15 minutes within six feet rule” is a helpful guideline. It is the best way to minimize close interactions with people who are not member of your family.  By following this simple rule, we can save many lives as well as our family.