Only a matter of weeks before new Covid-19 Omicron variant hits Pakistan: Minister
India Today
The Omicron variant, feared to spread faster and partially reduce vaccine protection, was identified in South Africa earlier this week and classed as a variant of concern by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
It is only a matter of few weeks before the new Covid-19 Omicron variant hits Pakistan, the head of Pakistan's anti-coronavirus task force warned on Monday, urging people to get vaccinated to reduce the threat of the potentially more contagious strain that has triggered global panic.
Federal Planning Minister Asad Umar, who is chief of National Command and Control Center (NCOC), tasked to tackle the pandemic, said that the world was so interconnected that it was impossible to stop a new variant when it has started spreading in the world.