'It is criminal that govt did not take timely steps to buy vaccines in sufficient quantity'

Shehbaz said the only way to overcome the virus is to vaccinate as many people as early as possible.

LAHORE (Dunya News) – Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif has on Monday called the federal government out for not timely procuring sufficient doses of the coronavirus vaccine.

The PML-N president took to Twitter and said the experience over the last year has shown that the only way to overcome the virus is to vaccinate as many people as early as possible.

Shehbaz Sharif said it is criminal that the government did not take timely steps to buy vaccines in sufficient quantity, and the result is a surge in infections.

The experience over the last year has shown that the only way to overcome the virus is to vaccinate as many people as early as possible. It is criminal that the government did not take timely steps to buy vaccines in sufficient quantity, and the result is a surge in infections.

— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) April 26, 2021

Let it be known that Pakistan has reported 70 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 800,452. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 17,187 on Monday.

According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) 4,825 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.

Punjab remains the worst-hit province in terms of deaths and cases followed by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Till now 7,990 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab 4,599 in Sindh, 3,134 in KP, 665 in Islamabad, 462 in Azad Kashmir, 232 in Balochistan, and 105 in GB.

Furthermore 290,788 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Punjab, 278,545 in Sindh, 114,077 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 73,450 in Islamabad, 21,743 in Balochistan, 16,591 in Azad Kashmir and 5,258 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

Pakistan has so far conducted 11,588,932 coronavirus tests and 50,161 in the last 24 hours. 694,046 coronavirus patients have recovered in the country whereas 4,862 patients are in critical condition.