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. 2020 Sep;27(27):34567-34573.
doi: 10.1007/s11356-020-10008-7. Epub 2020 Jul 9.

Social and administrative issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan: better late than never

Muhammad Khalid Anser  1 , Zahid Yousaf  2 , Muhammad Azhar Khan  3 , Abdelmohsen A Nassani  4 , Muhammad Moinuddin Qazi Abro  4 , Xuan Hinh Vo  5 , Khalid Zaman  6
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Social and administrative issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan: better late than never

Muhammad Khalid Anser et al. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2020 Sep.

Abstract

The study critically reviewed Pakistan's provincial updates of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and discussed the current challenges faced by the government in a given context. The coronavirus-associated death tolls have been increasing rapidly in a country. The provincial status of confirmed cases of coronavirus is higher in Punjab, followed by the Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), and Balochistan. The case fatality ratio shows that KPK has a higher ratio, i.e., 5.11%, followed by the Punjab, i.e., 1.82%; Sindh, i.e., 1.80%; Balochistan, i.e., 1.28%; Gilgit-Baltistan, i.e., 0.71%; and Federal territory, i.e., 0.66%. The country has a less testing capacity to identify more suspected coronavirus patients. The study calculated that if we increase five times our testing capacity from the current date, the total registered cases will be reached to 137,370 and death tolls will increase up to 3090. It is highly needed to increase testing capacity across Pakistan in order to minimize the outbreak of coronavirus. The provincial government should follow the Federal Government instructions to contain coronavirus by increasing testing capacities, tracing suspected patients, smart lockdowns, emergency relief to the poor, and vigilant monitoring system.

Keywords: COVID-19, provincial updates; Challenges; Pakistan; Prevention.

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Coronavirus update (%) in Pakistan (9th May 2020). Source: Data is taken from Pakistan-NIH (2020)
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Fig. 2
Provincial assessment of coronavirus cases (numbers). Source: Pakistan-NIH (2020)
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Fig. 3
Provincial shares in total registered cases, death cases, and recovered cases. Source: Authors’ estimation on the basis of available statistics
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Fig. 4
CFR and CRR estimates. Source: Authors’ calculation.
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