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One very impressive incident was when a few people returned home in the area from Iran. Authorities went to the house and took them for quarantine. https://twitter.com/murtazawahab1/status/1239165184159158273
Pakistan can have 40,000 to 120,000 cases by end of March https://twitter.com/rogueonomist/status/1239269634077085696
Pakistan's confirmed coronavirus cases
2 (Feb 26)
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~240 (March 18)
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~240 (March 18)
Like in China and Italy, Pakistan army would be required to enforce lock-down once the infected cases cross 1,000 that can happen over the next 10 to 14 days given the current growth: KASB Securities @AAHSoomro
Pakistan’s first death from coronavirus has now been confirmed sadly. A 50 year old male from Mardan who recently returned from Saudi Arabia after performing Umrah
Pakistan’s coronavirus cases more than doubled in two days. At least 60% of the cases from Iran. The jump makes it South Asia’s most affected. Rest of the region has 166 cases with about 90% in India https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-18/pakistan-virus-cases-double-led-by-pilgrims-returning-from-iran
Two patients have died from coronavirus in Pakistan now
- 36 year old from Hangu
-50 year old male from Mardan who recently returned from Saudi Arabia after performing Umrah
- 36 year old from Hangu
-50 year old male from Mardan who recently returned from Saudi Arabia after performing Umrah
Karachi’s coronavirus cases have doubled to 56 from Monday. More shockingly, 22 of these are local transmissions, tweets @omar_quraishi. Stay indoors, stop the spread or people will die!
7,807 people have died from coronavirus. Let that sink in. Fatality rate has doubled to 4% from 2%
Fatalities reached 3,405 https://www.google.com.pk/amp/s/www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-03-19/italy-passes-china-as-country-with-most-coronavirus-deaths
46 of Karachi’s 65 coronavirus cases are local transmissions via @omar_quraishi
Karachi’s top hospital has reached maximum capacity, it can’t screen anymore coronavirus patients. Karachi has 101 cases with majority being secondary transmissions
Pakistan coronavirus cases
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2 (Feb 29)
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645 now
Pakistan’s government to announce an stimulus package on Tuesday given possible job losses with the economic slowdown
China will lift Wuhan lockdown at coronavirus epicenter on April 8. The comes after Hubei reported that new infections dropped to zero on March 19, a dramatic plunge from the height of an epidemic that’s infected more than 80,000 Chinese https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-23/u-k-in-lockdown-trump-wants-u-s-reopened-soon-virus-update?sref=8HTMF4ka
Pakistan reaches 1,000 cases faster than Italy: Bloomberg virus update https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-24/nyc-travelers-should-isolate-singapore-bars-shut-virus-update-k86itudi?srnd=premium-asia&sref=8HTMF4ka
Great news: Pakistan’s largest defence industrial complex Pakistan Ordnance Factories that makes guns and grenades has attained capability to make 25,000 face masks and 10,000 liters of hand sanitizers a day that’s in short supply #CoronavirusLockdown #COVID2019
This didn’t get proper attention. Pakistan’s most affected province hints at local transmission numbers being understated by Imran Khan’s federal govt
Pakistan: 17%
Karachi: 64%
https://www.dawn.com/news/1543804 #coronavirusinpakistan
Pakistan: 17%
Karachi: 64%
https://www.dawn.com/news/1543804 #coronavirusinpakistan
3M idle machinery installed for precisely this purpose would be activated, and many of the plant’s 650 employees would immediately start working overtime https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-03-25/3m-doubled-production-of-n95-face-masks-to-fight-coronavirus?sref=8HTMF4ka
JUST IN: Punjab province becomes the epicenter of coronavirus in Pakistan surpassing Sindh count
Punjab 490
Sindh 440
KP 180
Balochistan 132
GB 105
Isb 27
Pakistan total: 1,374
Punjab 490
Sindh 440
KP 180
Balochistan 132
GB 105
Isb 27
Pakistan total: 1,374
Karachi's top mall Dolmen has waived rent for all shops next month as the lockdown from coronavirus continues
Karachi's top hospital is not going to re-open its COVID-19 screening and testing facility anymore
Pakistan’s coronavirus cases expected rising to 50,000 before month-end from 2,700: govt https://www.geo.tv/latest/280938
The best way for countries to end restrictions is to attack the virus...find, test, isolate and treat every case, and trace every contact. If countries rush to lift restrictions too quickly, the virus could resurge and the economic impact could be even more severe: WHO DG
When can restrictions loosen?
China closed Wuhan for two months. England says ideally up to six. One professor recommends restrictions until daily cases drop consistently over at least two weeks https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-03/when-and-how-does-the-coronavirus-pandemic-end-quicktake?sref=8HTMF4ka
China closed Wuhan for two months. England says ideally up to six. One professor recommends restrictions until daily cases drop consistently over at least two weeks https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-03/when-and-how-does-the-coronavirus-pandemic-end-quicktake?sref=8HTMF4ka
Pakistan’s Sindh province coronavirus cases rise by 51 to 881. About 60% cases are local transmission via @omar_quraishi
Possibly one of the biggest spike since the pandemic started. Total infections 1.2 million globally now https://twitter.com/srinisivabalan/status/1246641588870295552?s=21 https://twitter.com/SriniSivabalan/status/1246641588870295552
Italy reported the lowest figure for single-day coronavirus deaths in 2 1/2 weeks https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-04/new-york-has-most-deaths-in-a-day-italy-has-fewer-virus-update?sref=8HTMF4ka
Big spike in Pakistan, total cases now 3,227
Social Distancing Is A Distant Dream In Pakistan's Urban Slums https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/04/06/827999804/social-distancing-is-a-distant-dream-in-pakistans-urban-slums
Global growth will contract by 2.5% this year — an even deeper contraction than during the global financial crisis. EIU expected real GDP growth to be 2.3% before the virus outbreak
Pakistan’s economic impact of the outbreak is greater than the disease itself: minister Hammad Azhar
Pakistan sadly just had its biggest death count for a day, rising by 15 to 86. Mortality rate now at 1.7% from 1.1% two weeks ago, still much lower than global average. Most from Sindh and K-P province
High risk areas for the spread of coronavirus in Pakistan
- Karachi East
- Faisalabad
- Lahore
World Bank mentions spots using migration data, they correctly predicted the outbreak in Karachi's east
- Karachi East
- Faisalabad
- Lahore
World Bank mentions spots using migration data, they correctly predicted the outbreak in Karachi's east
Countries should lift restrictions in low-risk areas first: WHO
Some densely populated cities are avoiding big outbreaks: WHO
Cities can control outbreaks by proper testing strategies: WHO
Some densely populated cities are avoiding big outbreaks: WHO
Cities can control outbreaks by proper testing strategies: WHO
Pakistan extends nationwide lockdown for 2 more weeks, taking it to more than a month. The coronavirus is spreading less than government estimates, says PM Khan. Some construction, export and other industries allowed to reopen (as reported last week)
The IMF predicted the “Great Lockdown” recession would be the steepest in almost a century and recovery would be worse than anticipated if the coronavirus lingers or returns https://www.google.com.pk/amp/s/www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-04-14/imf-says-great-lockdown-recession-likely-worst-since-depression
IMF now expects Pakistan’s economic growth to be negative this year from the virus slump. World Bank mentioned the same a few days ago
IMF projection will dwarf the 0.1% contraction of 2009 amid the financial crisis
Karachi's sharefaisal at noon today, is the coronavirus lockdown over? What's going on?
Health expenditure in South Asia
Sri Lanka 3.8%
India 3.5%
Pakistan 2.9%
Bangladesh 2.3%
(% of GDP) by WHO
Sri Lanka 3.8%
India 3.5%
Pakistan 2.9%
Bangladesh 2.3%
(% of GDP) by WHO
In Pakistan, the private sector is the largest spender on healthcare with 60% of total while government share is 38%: WHO
It happened in Malaysia, India and now Pakistan. Over 27% of Pakistan’s total cases trace back to a religious event attended by 70,000. Mass gatherings across Asia spark virus clusters https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-20/religious-group-s-mass-gatherings-spark-asian-virus-clusters?sref=8HTMF4ka
About 75% of Pakistan cases have been from 2 lapses
1) Thousands of people who returned from Iran through border and airports were not screened: Zafar Mirza
2) Govt announced lockdown 3 days after religious gathering where 70,000 ate and prayed together
1) Thousands of people who returned from Iran through border and airports were not screened: Zafar Mirza
2) Govt announced lockdown 3 days after religious gathering where 70,000 ate and prayed together
The share from a single event has now increased to more than 29% from 27% of Pakistan’s total cases since the story was published a day ago! This will only rise if you anyone can get hold of numbers for GB and Islamabad that have not been incorporated https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-20/religious-group-s-mass-gatherings-spark-asian-virus-clusters
Saudi artist draws on Grand Mosque’s closure for painting inspiration, meanwhile Pakistan opens mosques https://www.arabnews.pk/node/1660191/lifestyle
Netflix posts explosive growth during the global coronavirus pandemic. It added a record 15.8 million paid subscribers, almost double forecast by Wall Street analysts https://www.google.com.pk/amp/s/www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-04-21/netflix-adds-almost-16-million-subscribers-crushing-estimates
