The National Command Operation Center— established in 2020 to deal with the crisis of the pandemic in the country—held its final meeting on Thursday.
NCOC Chief and federal minister Asad Umar made the announcement on Twitter adding that with Covid indicators at an all-time low and high-level of vaccination the “baton is now being passed on to the health ministry.
“Chairing NCOC during last two years and working with the most dedicated team has been the greatest privilege and honour of my life,” he added.
“With Allah’s mercy and support of the entire nation, we have been able to overcome this unprecedented challenge,” Asad said.
He went on to say that it makes him immensely proud as a Pakistani that Pakistan received praise for its Covid response as one of the most successful in the world from global agencies and personalities.
NCOC is nerve centre to synergize and articulate unified national effort against Covid-19, and to implement the decisions of national coordination committee on Covid-19.
The centre is one window operation to collate, analyse and process information based on digital input and human intelligence across Pakistan.
