Health professionals raise serious concern over rising Covid re-infections in Pak

Health professionals in Pakistan have raised critical considerations over the rising incidents of Covid-19 re-infections at varied well being amenities within the nation, the place a number of sufferers have been reported having coronavirus for a second time with extreme sickness.

Earlier perceived as a uncommon phenomenon, a rising variety of coronavirus re-infection circumstances have began ringing alarm bells amongst well being professionals in main cities of the nation, reported The News on Sunday.

However, policymakers and planners should not nervous in regards to the state of affairs, claiming that the Covid-19 re-infection was nonetheless one thing that was not absolutely established and can’t be thought-about as a menace as of now.

Officials at famend hospitals together with the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) and the Indus Hospital Karachi are absolutely satisfied that individuals are getting re-infected with coronavirus and reporting to the hospitals with the severity of the illness for the second time.

“This is true [re-infection with SARS-CoV-2]. We are seeing a number of re-infections. Putting it together in a paper, trying to finish it but keep finding new cases,” Dr Faisal Mahmood, senior infectious ailments skilled and doctor on the AKUH, instructed The News on Saturday.

Meanwhile, one other senior doctor Professor Sohail Akhtar stated that a number of circumstances of re-infection had come to his information in Karachi.

“One of our senior cardiologist friends is having re-infection and he is undergoing treatment due to severe symptoms. It is still not a widespread phenomenon but the cause of concern is that it is happening and people should keep it in mind that they can get re-infected if they stop taking precautionary measures,” stated Akhtar.

When requested about prevention and remedy of Covid-19, DUHS senior doctor Dr Tahir Hussain regretted that the centres treating the virus in Karachi and different cities of Pakistan weren’t giving due significance to vitamin D and its preventive and therapeutic position in coping with the coronavirus.

“Studies all around the world have proven that if your vitamin D level is less than 20, you are four times more likely to have a very serious disease and die from Covid-19,” he stated.

According to the most recent replace by Johns Hopkins University, Pakistan at the moment has a complete of 438,425 infections, together with 8,796 deaths.