Progress of COVID-19 Epidemic in Pakistan

Abstract

The outbreak of corona virus initiated as pneumonia of unknown cause in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, which has been now spreading rapidly out of Wuhan to other countries. On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus outbreak as the sixth public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), and on March 11, 2020, the WHO announced coronavirus as pandemic. Coronavirus is thought to be increasing in Pakistan. The first case of coronavirus was reported from Karachi on February 26, 2020, with estimated populace of Pakistan as 204.65 million. Successively, the virus spreads into various regions nationwide and has currently become an epidemic. The WHO has warned Pakistan that the country could encounter great challenge against the outbreak of coronavirus in the coming days. This short communication is conducted to shed light on the epidemic of coronavirus in the country. It would aid in emphasizing the up-to-date situation in a nutshell and the measures taken by the health sector of Pakistan to abate the risk of communication.

Predictive modeling of COVID-19 death cases in Pakistan

“…Initially, COVID-19 was thought to be a zoonotic virus (bat to human transmission); however, recent studies and the exponential increases in the incidence of COVID-19 indicate complete evidence of transmission from person to person ( Adeniyi et al, 2020 ; Li et al, 2020a ; Ogundokun and Awotunde, 2020 ; WHO, 2020a , WHO, 2020b ). The first human exposure case was connected to a “wet market” from Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in late December 2019 ( Abid et al, 2020 ; Lu et al, 2020 ; Lukman et al, 2020 ; Ogundokun, Lukman, Kibria, Awotunde, & Aladeitan, 2020a , 2020b ). The source of transmission was via droplets when an individual infected cough; it then entered into the human body and caused deteriorating effects on the intestines, spleen, and lungs.…”

Coronavirus Disease in Pakistan: Response and Challenges from Prevention to Care

“…Proportion of diseased health practitioners were highest from Sindh see figure 4. (17) Economic Crisis…”

“…(18) In addition to this country has confronted with financial instability, lockdown led to further economic crisis and death from hunger is expected. (19)…”

“…T he Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID- 19) is caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-COV-2). COVID 19 was first reported in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and was declared pandemic by WHO (World health organization) on January 30, 2020.…”

What Factors Can Help COVID-19 Patients to Recover Quickly in Pakistan?

“…According to the total recoveries, Pakistan ranks 12 th country of the world. The government has taken various steps to control the spread of the COVID-19 such as shutting down and limiting the flight operations (Abid et al, 2020), complete lockdown, regional lockdown (smart lockdown), compulsory wearing masks, social distancing, and increasing the awareness among people about the virus. Moreover, almost free medical treatment has been given to the patients, new field hospitals were built, tests for the have been subsidized in public hospitals.…”