Health practitioners suggested that the government should go for complete lockdown in major cities of Pakistan which were reporting more than eight per cent infectivity rate. AFP/File
LAHORE: The representatives of various medical and health organisations have blasted the government for delayed response towards third Covid spike and slow vaccination process and suggested it to immediately impose a complete lockdown in the cities reporting the highest infectivity ratio.
The senior office-bearers of the Pakistan Medical Association, the Paramedics Association, the Young Doctors Association Punjab and the Lady Health Workers Association briefed the media on the Covid situation, insufficient healthcare arrangements and government’s inability to handle the third peak of the virus.