KARACHI: Amid a high number of coronavirus cases in the country and slow pace of Covid-19 vaccination, health experts and medical science professionals suggest people use Vitamin D, calling it highly beneficial in the prevention and treatment of the disease.
They found that people with Vitamin D deficiency were more likely to contract Covid-19 as the ability of the virus to attach with human cells increased manifold among them. The replacement of this “master vitamin” did not only strengthen the immune system, it also prevented humans from scores of other diseases, they added.
“Around 80-90 per cent people in Pakistan, especially women, are significantly Vitamin D deficient,” said University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Vice Chancellor Prof Javed Akram.
ONCE again coronavirus is spreading and yet everything is going on as if nothing is happening. Not many seem to be too bothered. I have lost many of my colleagues to this deadly virus, and many of my close relatives have passed through this ordeal.
Here I will like to share my personal experience about how one of my close relatives, despite taking all the precautions, fell prey to this disease; perhaps at his workplace.
We recently visited him at his place. He was alright. The next day he had diarrhoea and fever. He was given medicines, but there was no relief and his condition deteriorated. The PCR test was arranged somewhat reluctantly, and it came out to be positive.
A webinar held on Friday under the theme of “Discovering new frontiers of Vitamin-D deficiency”, in collaboration with prestigious Horizon Pharmaceuticals, witnessed the participation of.
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