ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar has called for a united response to deal with the third wave of Covid-19.
In his tweets on Saturday, he said the world community appreciated Pakistan for handling the first wave of coronavirus. He was confident that we will do it again together.
The Minister said the danger is higher than ever and there is a clear need to observe caution. He said we realize that the mobility restrictions put in place from today (Saturday) till May 16 are going to cause inconvenience.
He, however, said these measures have been necessitated by the extremely dangerous situation which has been created in the region with the spread of virulent mutations of the virus.
Asad Umar said even a small country like Nepal has seen an exponential rise in cases going up above seven thousand daily. He said deaths also rose sharply there.
He said the entire region is exploding with cases and deaths in the latest wave of Covid-19. He said the unfortunate catastrophe unfolding in India has grabbed global headlines.