16 new Covid cases reported in South Punjab

No Covid death reported in past 24 hours

MULTAN:

As many as 16 new cases of Coronavirus have been reported from South Punjab including 10 from Multan during last 24 hours.

A spokesman for the health department said on Monday that single case each from Bahawalpur, Layyah, DG Khan, Rahim Yar Khan, Bahawalnagar and Vehari while no confirmed cases have been reported from Lodhran, Khanewal, Muzaffargarh and Rajanpur districts.

He said the total number of confirmed cases of Corona in all 11 districts of South Punjab has reached 60,623 so far whereas no death case has been reported due to Corona in South Punjab during the last 24 hours.

In a statement Secretary, Department of Primary and Secondary Healthcare, South Punjab, Tanveer Iqbal Tabassum said that there is an urgent need for entire implementation of corona vaccine with strict implementation of SOPs issued by the government during the fifth wave of corona.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 11^th, 2022.