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Third wave hits Punjab’s youngest
Province records sharp rise in the number of pediatric Covid-19 cases
Schoolchildren clean their hands at a private primary school amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in France, March 30, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS
LAHORE:
As Punjab faces a deadly third surge of the coronavirus pandemic, an increasing number of children are testing positive for the respiratory infection.
According to provincial health department documents, more than 26,000 children have tested positive for the virus during the current wave of the super spreader, which has infected more than 273,000 people in the province since its onset.
Medical practitioners on the frontlines in the fight against Covid-19 confirmed the fresh spike in the number of cases has witnessed more pediatric patients. The positive cases, they said, were reported in patients between the age of 1-18 years.
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Children attend a class at a school in Islamabad. PHOTO: AFP
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The novel coronavirus’ third-wave has presented a new set of challenges for the country, many of which still remain unabated. The latest concern gripping The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), is talk of a higher Covid-19 ratio among children this time around.
Per NCOC, an infection rate of three per cent has been reported for children aged 1-10 years during all three waves of the virus. However, the deadly contagion was reported to have claimed at least 40 lives under the said age group so far, which stirred the national debate around the third-spell of the virus being most detrimental for children.
DRAP approves Sinopharm vaccine for people above 60
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A health worker receives the Sinopharm vaccine at Mayo hospital, Lahore. Photo: Online
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The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan approved on Friday the Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine for people above 60 years. The approval comes almost two months after the vaccine was approved for emergency use in the country.
Health workers who fall in that age group and are registered with the National Immunisation Management System can now receive the vaccine. Those who havenât registered themselves can do so on https://nims.nadra.gov.pk/nims/.
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