The Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar on Tuesday warned against the Covid-19 cases surge as the country recorded the highest positivity rate in 50 days and urged the nation to follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) to curb the spread.

Asad took to the twitter to warns the masses:

"National positivity of covid cases was 2.37% yesterday. This is the highest positivity in more than 50 days. Last time this level was seen on Aug 23. The First 4 days of this week covid deaths average is 11 per day... the highest since the week of Aug 10th. Unmistakable signs of [surge of COVID-19]"

While giving a breakdown of the situation in major cities, the planning minister said, "Covid positivity is extremely high in Muzaffarabad, remains high in Karachi, rising in Lahore & Islamabad," and asked the nation to "take covid sop's seriously again. Otherwise, unfortunately, we may have to take restrictive actions which have negative effects on peoples livelihoods".