Pakistani Ministry of Health, 1,500 new corona cases were reported in Pakistan on Thursday, bringing the total number of corona cases in Pakistan to more than one million. The coronavirus has so far killed about 2,300 people in the South Asian country of about 220 million.
Unlike European countries, Pakistan's health system is weak and hospitals do not have room for more patients. The number of corona patients in Karachi has increased to such an extent that hospitals have stopped admitting new patients.
Pakistani health chief Faisal Sultan said authorities were worried about the new coronavirus, Delta, and that the delta virus could wreak further havoc in the country during the fourth wave of coronavirus. The fourth wave of coronavirus in Pakistan
The Delta variant was first discovered in neighboring India and this rapidly spreading variant paralyzed the health system there. Millions of people in India have been infected with the virus and have been dying on the streets due to a lack of oxygen. The Delta variant is already putting pressure on the Pakistani health system. Provincial government spokesman Murtaza Wahab said that most of the new coronavirus patients in Sindh are getting this delta variant.
The vaccination process is slow Dr. Ashraf Nizami of the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) said that one of the reasons for the rising number of coronavirus cases in the country was the slow pace of vaccination.
So far, only about 20 million people have been vaccinated against the coronavirus for the first time. This number is a very small fraction of the country's population. Pakistani officials blame the lack of vaccines on the international market. Pakistani officials also say that the distribution of vaccines is being delayed due to the global distribution system Kovacs.