Covid-19, which is rearing its ugly head once again, adds to the already depressing tone brought on by the conflict in Ukraine, the rising expense of living, and the inefficiency and dishonesty of this government. Meanwhile, health officials are anticipating a spike in COVID cases by next week.

1. COVID-19 is
Rising Again
July 2022
Pakistan Politics

2. Covid-19, which is rearing its ugly head once again, adds
to the already depressing tone brought on by the conflict
in Ukraine, the rising expense of living, and the
inefficiency and dishonesty of this government.
Meanwhile, health officials are anticipating a spike in
COVID cases by next week.

3. Pandemic anxiety is real, but the world is grappling with another outbreak of
Covid-19 and people are endangering their own safety and the safety of others.
The potential causes of the increase are more virulent virus variants (Omicron
subvariants BA.4 and BA.5), the waning of vaccination immunity, skipping
booster shots, and a similar pattern to seasonal flu as Covid-19 belongs to the
same flu family. In addition, people are carrying on their regular lives and
visiting places such as restaurants, shopping malls, wedding venues, and offices
without taking any safety precautions or wearing masks.
We are living with COVID-19. It’s not over.
—World Health Organisation (WHO), 7 July, 2022

4. Source: Our World in data
Europe is at the epicentre of a rebound of Covid-19 infections as more people
mix at big gatherings and travel. Michael Ryan, executive director of the
WHO's Health Emergencies Programme, stated that we are seeing a
considerably more intense wave of the disease sweeping through Europe
again. Also, Professor Denis Kinane, a pioneering immunologist and the
scientist who founded Cignpost Diagnostics, asserts that It is obvious that the
infection is not going away anytime soon. He further added that there are
some very concerning trends in the rising infection rate, especially when
compared to levels from a year ago.

5. Source: Government of Pakistan
In Pakistan, according to the National Command and Operation Centre
(NCOC), new cases have reached an all-time high in the last 80 days, with
Karachi and Hyderabad now reporting positive rates of more than 10%, a
threshold that would have previously justified lockdown measures. On July 7,
2022, the National Institute of Health (NIH) statistics revealed that nine
persons had died from the virus in the previous 24 hours.

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