Asad Umar warns of fourth Covid wave, says spread of Indian variant one of main causes

Taking to twitter, Umar who also head National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), said that field reports are showing complete disregard of the condition of vaccination for those attending indoor weddings and going to indoor restaurants and gyms.

He warned that government will have no choice but to shut wedding halls, restaurants and gyms if te owners of these facilities do not show responsibility and ensure compliance of coronavirus Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).  

The minister further wrote that two weeks earlier he had tweeted about how artificial intelligence models were showing possible emergence of fourth wave adding that there are clear early signs of fourth wave starting.

“Poor sop compliance, coupled with spread of variants of concern, Indian variant in particular, are the main cause,” he said.

2 weeks back I had tweeted that our artifical intelligence models are showing possible emergence of 4th wave. Now there are clear early signs of 4th wave starting. Poor sop compliance, coupled with spread of variants of concern, indian variant in particular, are the main cause.

— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) July 9, 2021

Field reports are showing complete disregard of the condition of vaccination for those attending indoor weddings and going to indoor restaurants & gyms. If the owners of these facilities do not show responsibility & ensure compliance, there will be no choice but to shut them down

— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) July 9, 2021

Pakistan has reported a steep rise in daily coronavirus cases amid fears of fourth wave.

According to National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), around 1,737 cases of coronavirus were reported while 25 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 22,520.

The total number of confirmed cases reached to 969,476.

As many as 911,383 patients have recovered from the disease with 1,971 critical cases.