Senior Bannu doctor succumbs to coronavirus

Dr Farooq had been on a ventilator for the past few days, says provincial doctors association

PESHAWAR:

A senior doctor in Bannu, additional director of Khalifa Gul Nawaz Hospital, succumbed to the novel coronavirus on Wednesday.

A statement issued by Provincial Doctors Association Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa said Dr Muhammad Farooq passed away after contracting the virus. Dr Farooq had been on a ventilator at a private hospital in Peshawar for the past few days.

The doctors association added that so far 40 health workers and 25 doctors have died in the province from Covid-19, however, the government has not given a martyr's package to any of the deceased medical practitioners in the province. Risk allowance for working during the pandemic has been given, it added.

The second wave of Covid is proving to be more deadly in the country. According to official statistics, 141 people have succumbed to the virus during the last two days.

K-P has reported 331 new coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours, bringing the total number to 47,701. Six more patients died from Covid-19 in the province with death toll rose to 1,375, the health department said in its daily report. As many as 42130 patients have also recovered so far, it added.

Pakistan's Covid-19 tally jumped to 403,311 after the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) reported 2,829 new cases. In the last 24 hours, the virus claimed 75 lives, taking the country's death toll to 8,166.