Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 09 Dec 2020, 04:34 am Print
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Islamabad: Pakistan's Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar has warned that the government might impose stricter restrictions in the upcoming weeks if the COVID-19 situation does not improve in the nation.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Umar was quoted as saying by Dawn News that the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) had observed that people were not following precautionary measures against the virus as carefully as they did during the pandemic's first wave.
"If we still do not make better decisions, if we do not decide to deal with the [coronavirus] the way we did in the first wave - uniting and cooperating to combat the pandemic - then it pains me to say the situation might be such in a week or two that we have no option but to enforce restrictions on more sectors," he said.
Pakistan is witnessing a massive surge in COVID-19 cases in recent days.
The death toll due to the virus, which is believed to have originated from China, now stands at 8547.
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