Islamabad: Pakistan’s government has ruled out any imminent resurgence of COVID-19, especially the new variant. But the National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), the nation’s coronavirus center, has tasked with issuing a cautionary notice about the dangers of COVID-19 variants to the public and stakeholders.
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) also ordered the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to review its vaccine stockpiles and hospital arrangements and prepare for any adverse conditions such as reports of an imaginable outbreak of the new virus.
The chairman of the authority, Lieutenant General Inam Haider Malik, gave the directives in a consultation of the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC).
According to an NDMA statement, the NIH team was called in to brief participants on updated surveillance of regional trends of the novel coronavirus variant.
“The NDMA chair focused on the evolution of COVID-19 variants and expressed confidence in Pakistan’s existing national preparedness.
“However, the scenario will be monitored frequently through the NCOC and preparedness, preventive protocols and vaccination management formula will be strengthened to face the peak,” he said.
Meanwhile, according to the NIH, more than 90% of the population is vaccinated against COVID-19 with Chinese, American, Western, and Russian vaccines.
According to the NCOC, Pakistan’s existing COVID-19 positivity rate exceeds 0. 50% and 95% of the country’s eligible population has been inoculated with a first and 90% with a momentary dose of coronavirus vaccines.
However, the government is tracking the scenario and preparing for any eventuality.
According to the NIH, the emergence of subvariants of the Omicron variant is a regime phenomenon and other variants and subvariants of this would continue to emerge as viruses evolve into a new bureaucracy to survive.
Genome sequencing services are now available in dozens of diagnostic studies and labs across the country, he said.
In addition, a comprehensive surveillance formula is in position to stumble upon new variants or subvariants of the COVID-19 virus at the country’s foreign airports and other ports of entry, an expert associate at NIH Islamabad said, adding that the country’s major hospitals are also ready for any spikes in COVID-19 cases.
The NDMA president called on the federal and provincial governments to ensure the availability of medical services in intensive care kits (ICUs) and high-dependency kits (HDUs) in fitness centers across the country.
It also tasked NIH’s National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) with issuing advisories and handling any emergencies.
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