{"id":63038,"date":"2025-01-20T11:53:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T06:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=63038"},"modified":"2025-01-20T11:53:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T06:53:30","slug":"nih-denies-surge-in-covid-19-cases-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/health\/nih-denies-surge-in-covid-19-cases-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"NIH denies surge in COVID-19 cases in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health<\/a> (NIH) has come out to dismiss reports of a surge in COVID-19 cases across Pakistan, saying <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the situation\u00a0<\/span>was<\/span>\u00a0still under control.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>These<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>rumors<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>are scaring people and are baseless, asserts\u00a0<\/span>Dr. Mumtaz Khan, Head of the Center for Disease Control at NIH,\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>who<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>says<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>confusion<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>among<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>public<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>because<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>all<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>three-<\/span>COVID-19<\/a>, influenza, and seasonal flu<\/span>– share symptoms that <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>have<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>overlapping<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>characteristics<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Khan\u00a0<\/span>also<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>dispelled the fears of\u00a0<\/span>citizens<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>saying<\/span>\u00a0there<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>no need to panic<\/span>\u00a0as\u00a0<\/span>winter<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>usually<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>sees<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>peak<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in respiratory diseases<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>adding<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0influenza<\/a> and H1N1\u00a0<\/span>cases<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>expected during\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>winter season<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The NIH has enhanced its countrywide surveillance\u00a0<\/span>to keep a close eye on the situation,\u00a0<\/span>and a written update regarding COVID <\/span>19, influenza<\/span>\u00a0and H1N1 cases has been\u00a0<\/span>provided<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0the National Assembly.<\/p>\n

<\/span>The<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>statistics<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>Karachi<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>city<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>also<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>reveal<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>growing<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>patient<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>number<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>with cold and cough\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>hospital.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Professor Saeed Khan of Dow Hospital<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>says<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>these<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>patients 25<\/span>–<\/span>30<\/span>%\u00a0<\/span>are<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>having<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>COVID-19.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>found 10-12%\u00a0<\/span>diagnosed with H1N1<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>besides<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>fact<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>increasing<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>respiratory<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>infection<\/span>\u00a0among children<\/span>\u00a0up to a tremendous extent<\/span>. It<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>worth noting that the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan has been a\u00a0<\/span>huge<\/span>\u00a0concern,\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0the country\u00a0<\/span>faced<\/span>\u00a0three waves\u00a0<\/span>since<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>first<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>reported<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>cases\u00a0<\/span>in February 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the NIH<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>keeping<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>an<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>eye<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>the situation and the public<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>aware<\/span>\u00a0of the symptoms and precautions, the country\u00a0<\/span>can<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>handle the situation<\/span>\u00a0better<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>While\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>assurance that\u00a0<\/span>all<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is under control\u00a0<\/span>by NIH\u00a0<\/span>is a welcome relief,\u00a0<\/span>it<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>equally<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>vital that\u00a0<\/span>the public to <\/span>be<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>vigilant and <\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0take\u00a0<\/span>due<\/span>\u00a0precautions to\u00a0<\/span>avoid<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>pandemic<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>concerns<\/span>\u00a0of the virus<\/span> altogether.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) has come out to dismiss reports of a surge in COVID-19 cases across Pakistan, saying \u00a0the situation\u00a0was\u00a0still under control. \u00a0These\u00a0rumors\u00a0are scaring people and are baseless, asserts\u00a0Dr. Mumtaz Khan, Head of the Center for Disease Control at NIH,\u00a0 \u00a0who\u00a0says\u00a0the\u00a0confusion\u00a0among\u00a0the\u00a0public\u00a0is\u00a0because\u00a0all\u00a0three-COVID-19, influenza, and seasonal flu– share symptoms that \u00a0have\u00a0overlapping\u00a0characteristics. Dr. Khan\u00a0also\u00a0dispelled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":63039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[23474,25914],"class_list":["post-63038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-national-institute-of-health-nih","tag-nih-denies-covid-19-surge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63040,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63038\/revisions\/63040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}