NAB officer dies after contracting COVID-19 infection

A security officer of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday died after contracting coronavirus.

The 50-year-old security officer was tested positive for the virus on May 20.

Meanwhile, four employees of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) have also tested positive for COVID-19.

The deadly infection is rapidly entering its third phase, known as the ‘Lag Phase,’ as claimed by Pakistan Infection Control Society president Prof Rafiq Khanani few days ago.

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He said that the transmission of the virus had been aggravated in this phase due to the carelessness exhibited by people in the last 10 days of Ramazan, Dr Khanani stressed that with over 3,000 infections reported in the country within a day, and situation had become alarming both for the public and the government.

“The situation may even worsen during the next two weeks, but the public is still not taking it [the pandemic] seriously,” he lamented, warning that the number of infections could cross 200,000 in the first two weeks of June.

“The situation may even worsen during the next two weeks, but the public is still not taking it [the pandemic] seriously,” he lamented, warning that the number of infections could cross 200,000 in the first two weeks of June.