Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives and head of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), Asad Umar, has stressed upon the need of getting vaccinated with the arrival of the Omicron variant. “With arrival of omicron variant the need for vaccination even more urgent. So far 8 crore 75 lakh Pakistani’s have taken at least one dose and 6 crore people are fully vaccinated,” the minister wrote in a tweet.
On December 13, the NCOC confirmed the first case of the Omicron variant in Pakistan.
NCOC also stressed upon the importance of getting vaccinated to stay safe from new variants.
