QUETTA: Spokesman for Balochistan government Liaquat Shahwani on Saturday said that the positivity ratio in Quetta has reached 14.2 percent and the situation could worsen if it doubles in the upcoming month.
“Positivity ratio of 28 percent could worsen the COVID-19 situation,” the spokesman said while sharing the details of the restrictions planned by the provincial government with the media.
He said that so far 292 children have contacted COVID-19, however, no loss of life was reported in this regard. “The positivity ratio in educational institutes has spiked to 10 percent,” he said adding that the government was further increasing its testing capacity.
He said that Balochistan hospitals could not cope with the rising COVID-19 cases if the situation further deteriorates. “The virus cases have come down in July last year when strict restrictions came into force,” he said.
Liaquat Shahwani further said that help from Pakistan Army could be taken in order to enforce COPVID-19 SOPs as per the announcement made by Prime Minister Imran Khan a day before.
There is no let-up in Covid-19 fatalities as Pakistan recorded the highest number of deaths from the coronavirus since the outbreak of the pandemic in February last year.
He said that business community wanted their businesses will remain open at all cost.