LAHORE:Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid and Special Assistant to Chief Minister Hasaan Khawar chaired a meeting to review mechanism to review public feedback, complaints and queries on Naya.
Yasmin stresses on awareness to check corona spread
July 6, 2021
LAHORE: Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid said here Monday that there was an inverse link between number of vaccinated people and the number of new infections hence everyone must get them vaccinated.
Speaking at the MoU signing ceremony between the Minister’s Delivery Unit, Health Department and University of Central Punjab, the health minister said that awareness among youths was a key to stopping the spread of COVID-19. She gave away prizes to students for producing outstanding video products, including documentaries and posters on themes of vaccination refusals and reluctance.
Lahore
January 1, 2021
This is the first part of a series of articles documenting Punjab’s response to the corona pandemic. It provides a succinct summary of key developments during the course of the pandemic.
The start of the year 2021 marks one year since the world officially acknowledged the existence of mysterious disease later identified as COVID-19. The virus, later named as SARS-COV2, went on to infect 83 million and kill more than 1.79 million people around the world. It devastated the world economy beyond estimates. Most cosmopolitans are under lockdowns, restrictions and curfews, yet hope allures in the form of new vaccines and treatments. Meanwhile, our battle with the ever-mutating virus continues amid emergence of its fresh variants.