ISLAMABAD
\nFederal Minister of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said that vaccination is the most effective way of protection against the new coronavirus variant, Omicron, Geo News reported Monday.
\nUmar, who is also the chief of National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), while addressing a joint press conference flanked by Adviser to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan in Islamabad, warned that the Omicron variant will inevitably come to Pakistan.
\nThe minister announced that the NCOC has made some decisions regarding the highly contagious new variant which is spreading fast across the globe.
\nHe said that the country has only a few weeks to contain the Omicron threat.
\n\u201cMeasures to control the [spread of] new variant in Pakistan are underway but vaccination is the only effective way of protection against Omicron,\u201d said Umar.
\nInforming the media about the NCOC decisions, Umar said that the government would launch a massive vaccination campaign across the country within two to three days.
\n\u201cWe cannot stop Omicron but can reduce its effects by adopting preventive measures,\u201d he added.
\nTalking about the government\u2019s preventive measures, the minister said that they were tightening restrictions for the passengers coming from abroad and increasing testing capacity in high-risk areas.
\nHe urged the masses to get themselves fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.
\nThe minister further stated that the individual at high-risk of contracting the virus will be given a booster jab.
\nSindh makes booster dose compulsory for fully vaccinated people
\nThe Government of Sindh had decided to make a booster dose of the coronavirus vaccine compulsory after the discovery of the new COVID-19 variant, Daily Jang reported Sunday.
\nThe Sindh Health Department had announced that a booster dose of Pfizer vaccine will be administered to fully vaccinated individuals.
\nSindh Health Secretary Zulfiqar Ali Shah had told Daily Jang that the decision to administer fully vaccinated individuals a booster jab has been made in order to prevent the spread of the virus in the province.
\nHe had said that consignments of the vaccine are being imported for the purpose.
\n\u201cThe booster jabs are currently being administered at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre and Dow University of Health Sciences Ojha Campus but the scale of vaccination will be expanded across the province,\u201d Shah had said.
\nHe had further stated that no fee will be charged for the administration of the booster jab.
\nShah had requested the fully vaccinated individuals to get the booster jab and advised those who are yet to get the basic vaccination to get themselves immunised against the virus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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