Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar has called for a united response to deal with the third wave of Covid-19.

In his tweets on Saturday, he said the world community appreciated Pakistan for handling the first wave of coronavirus. He was confident that we will do it again together.

The Minister said the danger is higher than ever and there is a clear need to observe caution.

The Minister said we realize that the mobility restrictions put in place from today till the 16th of this month are going to cause inconvenience. He, however, said these measures have been necessitated by the extremely dangerous situation which has been created in the region with the spread of virulent mutations of the virus.

Asad Umar said even a small country like Nepal has seen an exponential rise in cases going up above seven thousand daily. He said deaths also rose sharply there. He said the entire region is exploding with cases and deaths in the latest wave of Covid-19.  He said the unfortunate catastrophe unfolding in India has grabbed global headlines.

The need for caution is clear. The danger is higher than ever and knocking at our doors. Need the country to unite in response and achieve once again what we achieved in the first wave, for which we received global praise. Inshallah we will do it again, together

— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) May 8, 2021

Even a small country like nepal saw an exponential rise in cases going up above 7,000 daily. Deaths also rose sharply. You can see the entire region is exploding with cases & deaths, in the latest covid wave. We have alhamdulillah been spared the worst by timely decisions pic.twitter.com/bbm75MzcV1

— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) May 8, 2021

Iran saw a sharp increase in cases in the same time period with active cases growing two and a half fold and daily deaths exceeding 400 in a day in a country with population less than half of Pakistan. pic.twitter.com/Lgg5nEI66h

— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) May 8, 2021

The unfortunate catastrophe unfolding in India has grabbed global headlines. Yesterday there were more than 4 lakh cases in India with 4,194 deaths. Hospital systems have been overwhelmed and oxygen supply run out in many places pic.twitter.com/COrNj8hwb1

— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) May 8, 2021

We realize that the mobility restrictions put into place from today till the 16th are going to cause inconvenience. These measures have been necessitated by the extremely dangerous situation which has been created in the region with the spread of virulent mutations of the virus

— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) May 8, 2021