KARACHI: President Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Sindh, Dr. Mirza Ali Azhar has said that people should get vaccinated because those who were vaccinated, they would not develop severe symptoms of COVID-19, if they have contracted virus.
Talking to reporter here Monday, he said more than 90 percent of total patients admitted in hospitals are non-vaccinated, he observed, informing that the vaccinated persons would develop mild symptoms, if they contracted virus.
The people should get vaccinated as soon as possible which was only way to contain spread of virus in the country, Dr. Mirza Ali Azhar said.
Besides, the government should launch the awareness drive to educate the people about benefits of vaccinations, he informed, adding that all stakeholders including religious scholars should also be collaborated for this cause.
Furthermore, the provincial government should ensure implementation of COVID SOPs in the province, he reiterated. It would also help to contain the spread of the COVID-19 in the province, Dr. Azhar articulated.
Another senior Doctor, Dr. Jaipal Chhabbria said that mass vaccination was protecting the lives of the people and suggested that the provincial government should ensure proper arrangement at designated COVID centres.
It has been observed that the rush at vaccination centres and long queues have been witnessed at the centres which has brought hardship to the people in the province especially Karachi, he said.
He advised that number of vaccination centres should be increased to facilitate the people in the province. Even vaccination centres should be established at Union Councils level, he added.
He further said that the government was banning various facilities in the country for those who were non-vaccinated, suggesting that people should not refuse to get vaccinated as the COVID-19 cases were rising.
According to the statement issued by Sindh government on Sunday, COVID-19 has claimed 20 more patients and infected 2, 549 others, he recounted.