National Command and Operation Centre has stressed upon the provinces to speed up the vaccination process amid rising trend of Omicron variant across the globe as vaccination is the only way to prevent the spread of new Covid variant.

The NCOC in its meeting held in Islamabad today [Thursday], discussed the epidemic curve chart data, national vaccine strategy and disease prevalence across the country.

The forum also discussed current status of production and distribution process of oxygen, city-wise Covid-19 vaccination process and agreed upon taking strict measures regarding obligatory vaccination regime.

The meeting was briefed about COVID positivity ratio, disease prevalence, number of deaths and new admissions.

Source: Radio Pakistan