People urged to take virus threat seriously

By Adnan Rafique

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar Tuesday asked the people to take the pandemic Coronavirus (COVID-19) as very serious and adopt all precautionary measures to prevent it’s spread.
‘Those who think they are immune from serious effects of Covid 19, please learn from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson,’ Asad Umar warned. He said if the Prime Minister of a country with one of the best health systems in the world could end up in Intensive Care Unit (ICU), ‘Trust me you are not too powerful for it’ . ‘The effects can be serious, very very serious,’ he added.