Pakistan’s government is expanding the criteria for vaccine booster shots amid Omicron threat


Islamabad: Amid a steady decline in Covid-19 infections, Pakistan's coronavirus positivity ratio further fell to 0.74 %.
Around 395 fresh coronavirus cases emerged while nine people succumbed to the disease in last 24 hours amid 'Omicron' threat.
Following the alarming situation, Pakistan’s government will step up COVID-19 vaccination efforts and is expanding the criteria for vaccine booster shots.
According to the latest figures issued by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 395 persons were tested positive while 10 died in the past 24 hours— taking Pakistan's COVID death toll to 28,823.
The total number of cases has reached 1,288,761.
As many as 1,250,427 patients have recovered from the disease.
Punjab
The number of patients swelled to 443,794 in the province with 13,050 causalities.
Sindh
The number of infections has surged to 477,721 in the province, while the death toll has reached 7,634.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The confirmed cases have surged to 180,611 in the province with 5,885 casualties.
Balochistan
There are 33,528 confirmed cases while 363 patients have died from the infection so far.
AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan
There are 34,601 coronavirus cases in the AJK while the death toll has reached 743. On the other hand, there are 10,425 cases in GB with 186 coronavirus deaths.
Islamabad
There are 108,081 cases in the capital city while 962 people have lost their lives.

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