Coronavirus in Pakistan
The COVID-19 epidemic in Pakistan is part of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic. The coronavirus was confirmed to have reached Pakistan on February 26, 2020, when a student in Karachi tested positive on his return from Iran. By 18 March, cases had been reported in all four provinces, two autonomous territories and the federal capital of Islamabad.
As of May 26, 2020, the country had 59,100 confirmed cases, 19,142 recoveries and 1,225 deaths. Most cases were noted in Punjab - over 18,400, while most deaths were noted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - only 365. On April 1, widespread isolation was introduced, which lasted until May 9; later it was renewed twice. Closer to the end of the term, isolation was facilitated in several steps.
According to a federal government report, Pakistan could expect 50,000 cases by 25 April. Nevertheless, by this time the number remained at the level of 13 thousand - almost four times less than expected. It is believed that the main reason for the sharp spread of the disease was the gathering of supporters of the Tablighi Jamaat religion in Lahore in early March, which caused about 27% of cases across the country by the end of April. In April 2020, Pakistan launched vaccine trials in collaboration with the Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinopharm.
Chronology of distribution:
On January 12, 2020, the World Health Organization confirmed that the newly emerging coronavirus is the cause of respiratory illness in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, which was reported on December 31, 2019.
The case fatality rate (CFR) of the new infection was lower than that of severe respiratory syndrome of 2003, better known as SARS, but the transmission was much easier, with a significant mortality rate sixteen.
In February Pakistan confirmed the first two cases of coronavirus on 26 February. Zafar Mirza, Special Health Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, said on his Twitter: “I can confirm the first two cases of coronavirus in Pakistan. Both patients are being treated according to standard clinical protocols, both are stable ”.
The first patient was a student at the University of Karachi in Sindh province, the second from the federal territory. Both patients recently returned from Iran .
During the week, Pakistan confirmed three more new cases, including those in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad and in Rawalpindi, Punjab.
On March 2, a fifth case was reported in federal territory . A 45-year-old woman from the territory of Gilgit-Baltistan, who also made a trip to Iran, was infected.
April 252 new cases were confirmed, bringing the total to 2,291, the total number of recoveries in the country exceeded 100. On April 2, 159 new infections were confirmed, for a total of 2,450. Four deaths were reported: two in Sindh and one each in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa .
By May 7, more than 500 Pakistani health workers had been infected with the virus. Quarantine ended on May 9 in Pakistan. On May 18, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reported 16 new deaths, raising the total to 334 in the province. The next day, 11 new cases were reported in the province, with the total number of deaths rising to 345. On May 19, it was reported that a 64-year-old patient from Hyderabad, Sindh recovered after plasma treatment.
June 2020
In early June, with the resumption of testing, the number of infections began to grow rapidly. From May 31 to 3,000 a day, on June 3, for the first time, more than 4,000 people tested positive for COVID-19. The ratio of the number of positive cases to tests also increased, in the first days of June it fluctuated at the level of 20-25%.
On June 13, 2020, Pakistani veteran cricketer and ex-captain of the Pakistani cricket team Shahid Afridi confirmed his positive test for COVID-19 on his Twitter. Prior to that, since June 11, 2020, he experienced severe pain. Afridi was actively involved in social services, helping people in remote areas of Baluchistan during quarantine.
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