Corona Pandemic in Pakistan: A Success Story !

Abstract

Since declaration as pandemic by WHO on 12.3.20, COVID 19 devastation has jolted the world mentally, psychosocially and economically. As of recent updates, it has affected 213 countries with 22,646,894 cases and 792,358 deaths reported worldwide. Almost twenty percent of World population was put under lockdown, sealing borders, closing institutions and markets. Despite all efforts and interventions in place, we have seen collapse of health systems, death toll and mass graves in European countries.Pakistan was no exception with first case reported on February 26,2020 in Karachi and confirmed cases to date are 292,174 with 6231 deaths. Pakistan, house of 230 million people with 24.6% living below poverty line, with meagre resources and a weak healthcare system. The country was liable to face millions of deaths and breakdown in terms of economy. The Government of Pakistan took drastic measures of imposing lockdown, banning air travel, national disaster management authority(NDMA) issuing guidelines and setting up corona quarantine centers