Stopping flights from India to Afghanistan, imposing travel restrictions on the Pakistan-Iran border, night curfews and preventing gatherings are likely to be the steps included in the Ministry of Public Health’s plan to stop the third wave of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic from spreading in the country.
Acting Minister of Public Health Wahid Majrooh on Monday in a meeting with the director of public health of the provinces, representatives of the private sector and healthcare providers, said that there is proper coordination between all departments concerned and it will be useful in curbing the spread of the infection.
Majroh has instructed provincial public health directors to check production capacity of oxygen companies at the center and provinces, so that measures can be taken accordingly, if needed. He also asked departments to COVID-19 diagnostic kits to private hospitals, pay health workers, use ART teams as clinical teams, and hire new staff in laboratories.
As of Sunday, total number of positive cases now stand at 59,015 while the number of reported deaths is 2,592 and the total number of recoveries is 52,489.
Meanwhile, India is grappling with a severe wave of the pandemic currently and the cases and mortality rate of coronavirus in Iran is also high.
The Ministry of Public Health has not officially confirmed the outbreak of the third wave of the coronavirus. But it has confirmed the prevalence of a new type of the coronavirus in the country.
