PPP's Central Information Secretary Nafisa Shah has cautioned that a reduction in the number of tests being conducted by the Centre should not be taken to mean that coronavirus cases in the country are decreasing.

In a statement, Shah said that there was a "rush in the country's hospitals and patients were facing difficulties".

"People in the country have recovered but new cases are also emerging in large numbers." she claimed.

She warned that the federal government taking credit for a reduction in the number of cases by reducing testing could "prove to be destructive" and alleged that the Centre was making "misleading statements" in front of the country and international community.

She called on the federal government to make an "effective policy" for the protection of the public and those fighting on the frontlines.