ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said that vaccination is the most effective way of protection against the new coronavirus variant, Omicron, Geo News reported Monday.
Umar, who is also the chief of National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), while addressing a joint press conference flanked by Adviser to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan in Islamabad, warned that the Omicron variant will inevitably come to Pakistan.
The minister announced that the NCOC has made some decisions regarding the highly contagious new variant which is spreading fast across the globe.
He said that the country has only a few weeks to contain the Omicron threat.
“Measures to control the [spread of] new variant in Pakistan are underway but vaccination is the only effective way of protection against Omicron,” said Umar.
Informing the media about the NCOC decisions, Umar said that the government would launch a massive vaccination campaign across the country within two to three days.