Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday that the Covid-19 situation in the country was \u201cunder control\u201d, but instructed authorities to remain prepared to tackle any possible spread of the virus.
\nThe premier passed these remarks in a meeting held at the Prime Minister\u2019s Office to review the Covid spread in Pakistan. The participants were informed in detail about the situation prevalent across the globe along with emerging variants and their prevention methods.
\nReviewing the measures adopted to tackle the looming threat of the virus, PM Shehbaz stressed the need for 100 per cent vaccination for children between the age of five and 12 on an emergency basis, according to an official statement.
\nThe prime minister asked officials to make screening at borders and airports more effective to detect people with possible infections and sought a \u201cthird party report\u201d on the mechanism.
\nDuring the meeting, officials noted that the country had reported zero Covid deaths in the last 25 days. The development was welcomed by Shehbaz, who thanked vaccine donors for providing Pakistan doses in the need of the hour.
\nThe participants were also told that there was \u201cno apparent threat to Pakistan from the new variants of Covid because 90pc of the population of the country is fully vaccinated while the rest is partially vaccinated\u201d.
\nThe vaccination rate among 3.5 million children aged between five and 12 years stood at 25pc, however, officials said it would increase to 100pc in months to come.
\nThe meeting was further informed that effective arrangements had been made at the border to prevent the transmission of Covid.
\nOfficials said adequate measures including fumigation and screening had been taken at airports to minimise the threat of virus transmission.
\nThe statement said that the premier appreciated the measures taken by the Ministry of National Health Services, NCOC officials, and civil aviation authorities to prevent the spread of the virus.
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