Pakistan's spike in coronavirus cases raises quarantine concerns

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ARY office closed after employees test positive for coronavirus
Pakistan has experienced an upsurge of COVID-19 cases since last two weeks. This exponential increase in the cases is the result of failure to take precautionary measures. In the meantime, the government has eased lockdown which has increased human activities in cities as well as rural areas. 80 per cent of cases are being transmitted locally

Coronavirus cases are increasing in Pakistan by the day with the overall tally crossing 13,749 in the country. Leading media network, ARY’s office in Islamabad has been closed after 8 people have reported positive for the novel coronavirus.
20 tests were performed as a precautionary measure by the administration after 2 people showed symptoms of COVID-19.

CEO ARY, Salman Iqbal shared the news on Twitter, saying the office will now be sanitized and all the employees will be tested. The administration has also directed the employees to stay at home until further notice.

Despite repeated advisories, a number of offices are still open, thus increasing the chances of the spread of coronavirus. ARY had previously claimed that it had moved most of its staff to work remotely and only the necessary staff was asked to come to offices, however, the recent news raises doubts over the network’s honesty on the matter.

Abbasi Shaheed Hospital’s Emergency Ward closed after CMO tested positive for coronavirus

Abbasi Shaheed Hospital is a prominent hospital equipped with modern medical machines. The emergency ward of the hospital is closed after chief medical officer (CMO) tested positive for the virus.

Dr Saleem Shaikh, additional police surgeon at the hospital added that the emergency department was sealed around 3 pm after the doctor’s report revealed that he was diagnosed with the virus.

In Sindh, the total number of infected medical workers stands at 56, according to the report; this includes 19 doctors, 15 nurses and 22 other healthcare providers. Of these, 41 are admitted to hospitals and 15 have been discharged.

According to the National Emergency Operation Centre, 253 healthcare providers and medical workers have been infected with the coronavirus in Pakistan so far.

Relaxing lockdown could bring more COVID-19 cases in Pakistan

Shortly after the prime minister’s announcement, a group of influential religious leaders announced that they would defy government orders banning congregational prayers across the country, restarting services from Wednesday.

During Ramadan, there will be no lockdown on mosques, mosques will be functional.

“We have pledged that the medical suggestion of social distancing will be maintained and mosques will host prayers five times a day and Friday prayers as well … all of these will remain ongoing.”

Taqi Usmani, an influential preacher, likened congregational prayers to ‘essential services’ like banks that have been exempted from the countrywide lockdown.

“For a Muslim, offering prayers as part of a congregation and Friday prayers are an important need,” he told reporters in the southern city Karachi on Tuesday.

Why lock down is inevitable?

Pakistan has experienced an upsurge of COVID-19 cases since last two weeks. This exponential increase in the cases is the result of failure to take precautionary measures. In the meantime, the government has eased lockdown which has increased human activities in cities and rural areas. According to Dr Zafar Mirza, more than 80 per cent of cases which are reported now in Pakistan have been transmitted locally. This indicates that strict lockdown is the need of the hour to avoid massive spread of coronavirus in Pakistan.

ARY office closed after employees test positive for coronavirus

Leading media network, ARY’s office in Islamabad has been closed after 8 people have reported positive for the novel coronavirus.

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Peshawar records highest mortality rate



PESHAWAR: With five more deaths of Covid-19 patients, four in Peshawar and one in Swat, the number of fatalities increased to 98 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as the number of patients rose to 1,864 with 71 new cases on Sunday.

Experts believe that non-observance of national guidelines regarding social distancing rules is causing rise in Covid-19 cases as well as deaths from the infection.

The health department’s report said that 30 more patients recovered during the last 24 hours, taking count of total healed patients to 515 in the province so far.

“The social distancing, especially in mosques and hujras, is not observed. Very casual response of the community is seen in the marketplaces.

Health seeking behaviour, late arrival to hospitals and burial issues may be a cause of highest positivity and mortality in KP,” Prof Ziaul Haq, the dean of public health and pro vice-chancellor of Khyber Medical University, told Dawn.

Five more die of Covid-19; number of patients reaches 1,864 with 71 new cases in KP

He said that people should be clearly informed that the health system was already under immense pressure and further burden could force its collapse if they did not take the voluntary social distancing seriously.
On March 26, federal government issued social distancing guidelines during Covid-19 epidemic to break the transmission chain of the virus through person-to-person contact and reduce the risk of becoming infected during the pandemic.

It said that preventive measures played an important role in limiting spread of a communicable disease and could help to reduce the transmission of infection and unnecessary burden on healthcare facilities.
“Stay home when there is no urgent need to go out. Avoid physical contact with others as much as possible. And stay away from handshakes,” it said. However, people have not taken it seriously and a result confirmed cases and deaths from the virus are increasing.

According to the latest report of World Health Organisation, Peshawar accounted for six per cent of nationwide case load after Karachi with 14 per cent and Lahore with 22 per cent. Peshawar, with a population of five million, has 576 cases of the total 1,793 and 52 deaths of the province-wide 98. Every fifth person in the city has tested positive, the highest rate in the country.
The case fatality rate (CFR) in Peshawar is 8.7 per cent, the highest in any city of Pakistan. It has 53pc of the KP’s total deaths. KP has 5.2 pc CFR, the highest by any province in the country. The nationwide CFR is 2.1 pc. Swat is also among 10 most Covid-19 burdened districts with three pc of nationwide cases. It has 153 cases and 11 deaths.
Prof Ziaul Haq said that Pakistan had a weak health system that did not have the capacity to absorb the Covid-19 related morbidity and mortality.

“There is no public health structure in Pakistan. As a public health professional, I strongly recommend formation of a “public health authority” in Pakistan, run by professionals and work under the department of local government instead of the department of health. Only then they can focus on the preventive and promote model rather than curative,” he said.

KP has improved the laboratory tests but it is still low -- 662 versus 4,016 in Islamabad. The districts have to spend a lot of resources to send the sample to the only few laboratories and therefore only selective samples are sent. There is need of setting up more laboratories in all divisions of the province.

Peshawar records highest mortality rate

Five more die of Covid-19; number of patients reaches 1,864 with 71 new cases in KP.

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Whopping rise in Pakistan's coronavirus cases reported on second day of Ramadan

A man distributes food to people on the second day of Ramadan, in Karachi, April 26, 2020. — Rizwan Tabassum/AFP
Nearly 700 new cases of the novel coronavirus and a dozen virus-related deaths were reported in Pakistan on Sunday as the country continued to grapple with the pandemic amid new concerns of spread during Ramadan.

Over the past 24 hours, the number infections rose from 12,658 to 13,318, at the time this report was filed.

Punjab led the tally at 5,446, as opposed to 5,326 a day prior, marking an increase of 120 new cases.

Sindh had 383 new cases, rising from an aggregate of 4,232 a day earlier to 4,615 today.

KP recorded 71 new cases, bumping up from 1,793 to 1,864, Balochistan had 60 new cases, increasing from 721 to 781, Islamabad had 12 new ones, inflating from 223 to 235, Gilgit-Baltistan had 10 new ones, expanding from 308 to 318, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir recorded four new cases, growing from 55 to 59.

The total number of deaths, at the time of this report, had risen from 265 a day prior to 277. Of these, five were from KP, three each in Punjab and Sindh, one in Balochistan, and none in GB, AJK or Islamabad.

The death tolls in KP, Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, GB, and Islamabad now stand at 93, 81, 81, 11, three, and three, respectively.

Punjab
With an increase of 120 cases, Punjab's total cases have now reached 5,446. Among the province's common citizens, 119 new cases emerged over the past 24 hours, while one more participant of the Tableeghi Jamaat from Rajanpur tested positive.

Half of Punjab's new cases were from Lahore, 22 from Gujranwala, 11 from Rawalpindi, 10 from Gujrat, five from Bhakkar, three each from Faisalabad, Mandi Bahauddin, and Rahim Yar Khan, and one each from Bahawalnagar and Pakpattan.

There were no new cases among the pilgrims or the citizens, which stood at 768 and 86, respectively.

Sindh
The pandemic turned from "bad to worse" in Sindh as 383 new positive cases were recorded over the past 24 hours, making it the highest surge in the daily tally since the past two months.

Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said Karachi was Sindh's worst-affected division, with 301 new cases. He added that 3,028 tests were conducted, of which 383 patients were diagnosed as positive.

Of the new cases, those in Karachi constituted 12% of the tests, he said, mentioning that in total, 3,077 of Sindh's 4,615 cases were in the city.

The South district had 895 cases, of which 80 were new ones. Another 66, 99, 20, 26, and 10 new cases were recorded in the East, Central, West, Korangi, and Malir districts, bringing their respective totals to 676, 594, 322, 318, and 272.

Across the province, 41,216 tests had been carried out so far, translating into an 11.2% rate of testing positive. Three people died, bumping up the death toll to 81 — or 1.8% of the total patients.

At present, 2,432 (66%) of the 3,662 patients under treatment were in self-isolation, 767 (21%) at designated isolation centers, and 463 (13%) in various hospitals. Of the total patients, 41 were in critical condition and 12 on ventilators.

Shah said 70 patients were discharged after recovery. "872 (18.9%) patients have recovered so far,” he noted.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
71 new cases (2 from Torkham quarantine centre) were confirmed in the last 24 hours taking total tally to 1,864. 5 new deaths were reported taking tally to 98. 30 new patients have recovered taking the total tally to 515 in KP.

Highest concentration of cases was in and around Peshawar, Mardan, and Swat, with more than 100 cases in each city and over 35 in those surrounding them, as well as Mansehra and Abbottabad.

There were 24 new cases in Peshawar, 21 in Swat, six in Lower Dir, five in Bajaur, four each in Malakand and Abbottabad, two in Buner, and one each in Charsadda, Nowshera, and Kurram.

Four people died in Peshawar and one in Swat.

Balochistan

Balochistan government spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani reported 60 more cases of local transmission in the province.

The province now has 633 cases of the virus. With pilgrims from Iran included, the total tally stands at 781.

Whopping rise in Pakistan's coronavirus cases reported on second day of Ramadan

Nearly 700 new cases of the novel coronavirus and a dozen virus-related deaths were reported in Pakistan on Sunday

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Whopping rise in Pakistan's coronavirus cases reported on second day of Ramadan

A man distributes food to people on the second day of Ramadan, in Karachi, April 26, 2020. — Rizwan Tabassum/AFP
Nearly 700 new cases of the novel coronavirus and a dozen virus-related deaths were reported in Pakistan on Sunday as the country continued to grapple with the pandemic amid new concerns of spread during Ramadan.

Over the past 24 hours, the number infections rose from 12,658 to 13,318, at the time this report was filed.

Punjab led the tally at 5,446, as opposed to 5,326 a day prior, marking an increase of 120 new cases.

Sindh had 383 new cases, rising from an aggregate of 4,232 a day earlier to 4,615 today.

KP recorded 71 new cases, bumping up from 1,793 to 1,864, Balochistan had 60 new cases, increasing from 721 to 781, Islamabad had 12 new ones, inflating from 223 to 235, Gilgit-Baltistan had 10 new ones, expanding from 308 to 318, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir recorded four new cases, growing from 55 to 59.

The total number of deaths, at the time of this report, had risen from 265 a day prior to 277. Of these, five were from KP, three each in Punjab and Sindh, one in Balochistan, and none in GB, AJK or Islamabad.

The death tolls in KP, Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, GB, and Islamabad now stand at 93, 81, 81, 11, three, and three, respectively.

Punjab
With an increase of 120 cases, Punjab's total cases have now reached 5,446. Among the province's common citizens, 119 new cases emerged over the past 24 hours, while one more participant of the Tableeghi Jamaat from Rajanpur tested positive.

Half of Punjab's new cases were from Lahore, 22 from Gujranwala, 11 from Rawalpindi, 10 from Gujrat, five from Bhakkar, three each from Faisalabad, Mandi Bahauddin, and Rahim Yar Khan, and one each from Bahawalnagar and Pakpattan.

There were no new cases among the pilgrims or the citizens, which stood at 768 and 86, respectively.

Sindh
The pandemic turned from "bad to worse" in Sindh as 383 new positive cases were recorded over the past 24 hours, making it the highest surge in the daily tally since the past two months.

Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said Karachi was Sindh's worst-affected division, with 301 new cases. He added that 3,028 tests were conducted, of which 383 patients were diagnosed as positive.

Of the new cases, those in Karachi constituted 12% of the tests, he said, mentioning that in total, 3,077 of Sindh's 4,615 cases were in the city.

The South district had 895 cases, of which 80 were new ones. Another 66, 99, 20, 26, and 10 new cases were recorded in the East, Central, West, Korangi, and Malir districts, bringing their respective totals to 676, 594, 322, 318, and 272.

Across the province, 41,216 tests had been carried out so far, translating into an 11.2% rate of testing positive. Three people died, bumping up the death toll to 81 — or 1.8% of the total patients.

At present, 2,432 (66%) of the 3,662 patients under treatment were in self-isolation, 767 (21%) at designated isolation centers, and 463 (13%) in various hospitals. Of the total patients, 41 were in critical condition and 12 on ventilators.

Shah said 70 patients were discharged after recovery. "872 (18.9%) patients have recovered so far,” he noted.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
71 new cases (2 from Torkham quarantine centre) were confirmed in the last 24 hours taking total tally to 1,864. 5 new deaths were reported taking tally to 98. 30 new patients have recovered taking the total tally to 515 in KP.

Highest concentration of cases was in and around Peshawar, Mardan, and Swat, with more than 100 cases in each city and over 35 in those surrounding them, as well as Mansehra and Abbottabad.

There were 24 new cases in Peshawar, 21 in Swat, six in Lower Dir, five in Bajaur, four each in Malakand and Abbottabad, two in Buner, and one each in Charsadda, Nowshera, and Kurram.

Four people died in Peshawar and one in Swat.

Balochistan

Balochistan government spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani reported 60 more cases of local transmission in the province.

The province now has 633 cases of the virus. With pilgrims from Iran included, the total tally stands at 781.

Whopping rise in Pakistan's coronavirus cases reported on second day of Ramadan

Nearly 700 new cases of the novel coronavirus and a dozen virus-related deaths were reported in Pakistan on Sunday

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This shitty country has invested its everything in harming India. Now it is left with nothing to spend on fighting pandemic or even good food. They are living like animals and will die like animals. Law of karma is catching them up.

 

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I don't understand. Why the death rate is so low there ?

 

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Whopping rise in Pakistan's coronavirus cases reported on second day of Ramadan

A man distributes food to people on the second day of Ramadan, in Karachi, April 26, 2020. — Rizwan Tabassum/AFP
Nearly 700 new cases of the novel coronavirus and a dozen virus-related deaths were reported in Pakistan on Sunday as the country continued to grapple with the pandemic amid new concerns of spread during Ramadan.

Over the past 24 hours, the number infections rose from 12,658 to 13,318, at the time this report was filed.

Punjab led the tally at 5,446, as opposed to 5,326 a day prior, marking an increase of 120 new cases.

Sindh had 383 new cases, rising from an aggregate of 4,232 a day earlier to 4,615 today.

KP recorded 71 new cases, bumping up from 1,793 to 1,864, Balochistan had 60 new cases, increasing from 721 to 781, Islamabad had 12 new ones, inflating from 223 to 235, Gilgit-Baltistan had 10 new ones, expanding from 308 to 318, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir recorded four new cases, growing from 55 to 59.

The total number of deaths, at the time of this report, had risen from 265 a day prior to 277. Of these, five were from KP, three each in Punjab and Sindh, one in Balochistan, and none in GB, AJK or Islamabad.

The death tolls in KP, Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, GB, and Islamabad now stand at 93, 81, 81, 11, three, and three, respectively.

Punjab
With an increase of 120 cases, Punjab's total cases have now reached 5,446. Among the province's common citizens, 119 new cases emerged over the past 24 hours, while one more participant of the Tableeghi Jamaat from Rajanpur tested positive.

Half of Punjab's new cases were from Lahore, 22 from Gujranwala, 11 from Rawalpindi, 10 from Gujrat, five from Bhakkar, three each from Faisalabad, Mandi Bahauddin, and Rahim Yar Khan, and one each from Bahawalnagar and Pakpattan.

There were no new cases among the pilgrims or the citizens, which stood at 768 and 86, respectively.

Sindh
The pandemic turned from "bad to worse" in Sindh as 383 new positive cases were recorded over the past 24 hours, making it the highest surge in the daily tally since the past two months.

Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said Karachi was Sindh's worst-affected division, with 301 new cases. He added that 3,028 tests were conducted, of which 383 patients were diagnosed as positive.

Of the new cases, those in Karachi constituted 12% of the tests, he said, mentioning that in total, 3,077 of Sindh's 4,615 cases were in the city.

The South district had 895 cases, of which 80 were new ones. Another 66, 99, 20, 26, and 10 new cases were recorded in the East, Central, West, Korangi, and Malir districts, bringing their respective totals to 676, 594, 322, 318, and 272.

Across the province, 41,216 tests had been carried out so far, translating into an 11.2% rate of testing positive. Three people died, bumping up the death toll to 81 — or 1.8% of the total patients.

At present, 2,432 (66%) of the 3,662 patients under treatment were in self-isolation, 767 (21%) at designated isolation centers, and 463 (13%) in various hospitals. Of the total patients, 41 were in critical condition and 12 on ventilators.

Shah said 70 patients were discharged after recovery. "872 (18.9%) patients have recovered so far,” he noted.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
71 new cases (2 from Torkham quarantine centre) were confirmed in the last 24 hours taking total tally to 1,864. 5 new deaths were reported taking tally to 98. 30 new patients have recovered taking the total tally to 515 in KP.

Highest concentration of cases was in and around Peshawar, Mardan, and Swat, with more than 100 cases in each city and over 35 in those surrounding them, as well as Mansehra and Abbottabad.

There were 24 new cases in Peshawar, 21 in Swat, six in Lower Dir, five in Bajaur, four each in Malakand and Abbottabad, two in Buner, and one each in Charsadda, Nowshera, and Kurram.

Four people died in Peshawar and one in Swat.

Balochistan

Balochistan government spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani reported 60 more cases of local transmission in the province.

The province now has 633 cases of the virus. With pilgrims from Iran included, the total tally stands at 781.

Whopping rise in Pakistan's coronavirus cases reported on second day of Ramadan

Nearly 700 new cases of the novel coronavirus and a dozen virus-related deaths were reported in Pakistan on Sunday

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Is the man getting a KFC meal in the given main picture

 

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I don't understand. Why the death rate is so low there ?

Under reporting like their master china. Actually, Karach kabrastans has reported six times more arrival of dead bodies.

 

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Peshawar records highest mortality rate



PESHAWAR: With five more deaths of Covid-19 patients, four in Peshawar and one in Swat, the number of fatalities increased to 98 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as the number of patients rose to 1,864 with 71 new cases on Sunday.

Experts believe that non-observance of national guidelines regarding social distancing rules is causing rise in Covid-19 cases as well as deaths from the infection.

The health department’s report said that 30 more patients recovered during the last 24 hours, taking count of total healed patients to 515 in the province so far.

“The social distancing, especially in mosques and hujras, is not observed. Very casual response of the community is seen in the marketplaces.

Health seeking behaviour, late arrival to hospitals and burial issues may be a cause of highest positivity and mortality in KP,” Prof Ziaul Haq, the dean of public health and pro vice-chancellor of Khyber Medical University, told Dawn.

He said that people should be clearly informed that the health system was already under immense pressure and further burden could force its collapse if they did not take the voluntary social distancing seriously.
On March 26, federal government issued social distancing guidelines during Covid-19 epidemic to break the transmission chain of the virus through person-to-person contact and reduce the risk of becoming infected during the pandemic.

It said that preventive measures played an important role in limiting spread of a communicable disease and could help to reduce the transmission of infection and unnecessary burden on healthcare facilities.
“Stay home when there is no urgent need to go out. Avoid physical contact with others as much as possible. And stay away from handshakes,” it said. However, people have not taken it seriously and a result confirmed cases and deaths from the virus are increasing.

According to the latest report of World Health Organisation, Peshawar accounted for six per cent of nationwide case load after Karachi with 14 per cent and Lahore with 22 per cent. Peshawar, with a population of five million, has 576 cases of the total 1,793 and 52 deaths of the province-wide 98. Every fifth person in the city has tested positive, the highest rate in the country.
The case fatality rate (CFR) in Peshawar is 8.7 per cent, the highest in any city of Pakistan. It has 53pc of the KP’s total deaths. KP has 5.2 pc CFR, the highest by any province in the country. The nationwide CFR is 2.1 pc. Swat is also among 10 most Covid-19 burdened districts with three pc of nationwide cases. It has 153 cases and 11 deaths.
Prof Ziaul Haq said that Pakistan had a weak health system that did not have the capacity to absorb the Covid-19 related morbidity and mortality.

“There is no public health structure in Pakistan. As a public health professional, I strongly recommend formation of a “public health authority” in Pakistan, run by professionals and work under the department of local government instead of the department of health. Only then they can focus on the preventive and promote model rather than curative,” he said.

KP has improved the laboratory tests but it is still low -- 662 versus 4,016 in Islamabad. The districts have to spend a lot of resources to send the sample to the only few laboratories and therefore only selective samples are sent. There is need of setting up more laboratories in all divisions of the province.

Peshawar records highest mortality rate

Five more die of Covid-19; number of patients reaches 1,864 with 71 new cases in KP.

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Sometimes, I feel that it is a waste of time to discuss anything about Pakistan. One will see only this kind of maulanas misguiding people all the time. This shitty country is a disgrace on man kind. It is a jungle where might is right. If you are not in army oral Maulana or pukjabi sunni, you have no right. A hindu family committed suicide because of hunger few days back. Christian girls are sold to chinese and teen agers Hindu girls are abducted, raped and married to old Muslims. This is a hell on the earth. Now these shitty people has no food to eat but yet they will do treachery wherever they go.