Pakistan Concerned over UK decision to retain in Red List

Concerned about red-list countries’ retention Pakistan has appealed a ruling to the UK.

With the UK health minister, PM special assistant Dr. Faisal Sultan questioned the decision to keep Pakistan on the “Red List” countries while promoting others to the “Amber List.”

He encouraged the UK to reconsider the red list decision.

He stated that this is a worldwide goal that must guide our actions moving forward, according to me. The information used to make this judgment, i.e.

It is possible that an epidemic of a novel or existing variant of concern would go undetected due to low testing rates and poor genomic surveillance.

Traveling to the UK with a negative PCR test has been shown to be positive in the past. Many British tourists report similar experiences.

I will provide remedies for the future, but first allow me to address the concerns raised, he said.

‘Epidemic Situation deteriorating’

A country’s entire track record of controlling the pandemic is likely even more important than surveillance data alone, and you may agree that figures without context can be misleading.

This table compares important statistics from Pakistan and other nations in the region that are currently on the “Amber List” and shows some clear discrepancies.

Surveillance

However, compared to the UK, Pakistan has lower whole-genome sequencing throughput.

Selected samples from Pakistan are sequenced by the National Institute of Health (NIH) and other partner centres.

New Variant Assessment Platform (NVAP) collaboration with the UK is welcomed.

To support the UK, Pakistan can share real-time data results.

Our Covid reaction was also recognised by him.

With vigorous immunisation, the overall goal has been to restore normalcy while maintaining a sustainable, data-driven set of reactions and constraints.

Over 500 days, the illness was successfully halted.

Pakistan’s data management system for testing, contact tracing, quarantine, hospital bed occupancy, fatalities, and immunisation is centralised and coordinated.

As a result of this system’s use of the national digital identification database, pandemic strategy and response have been streamlined, reducing mortality rates and stress on the health system.

Using geospatial data has helped enforce NPls more precisely.

Integration of 4000 hospitals’ census and other data with provincial systems allows near real-time view of data for need assessment and capacity enhancement decisions.
Vaccination is a key approach in Pakistan. The daily vaccination rate has risen to one million doses.

This year’s coronavirus epidemic was handled well by Pakistan, according to The Economist and Forbes.

ECC revalidates Rs 352b to procure Covid-19 vaccines

This year’s World Economic Forum endorsed Pakistan’s corona and economic strategies.

Next steps

While every country has worked hard to improve its public health systems, our common goal is to reduce the risks associated with international travel and exchange.

Pre-departure quick antigen testing at the airport is also an option.

Combined, these steps should deliver the health security we all seek.He urged UK to remove Pakistan from red list countries keeping in view the measures government has taken.