PM calls for restoring National Command and Operation Center
ISLAMABAD: In a statement released Tuesday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered his government to restore the functioning of Pakistan's pandemic response committee. After it was shut down earlier this year following the detection of an omicron sub-variant among incoming travelers. Earlier this year, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) established in March 2020. Around that time, the first coronavirus case reported in Pakistan.
Before policy input to the government was provided for the prevention of COVID-19 from spreading within the country. The agency collected, processed, and analyzed data from all provinces.
According to the National Institute of Health (NIH), Pakistan had detected its first case of Omicron sub-variant the day before. For the first time in two yea...