Pakistan's Response to COVID-19: Overcoming National and International Hypes to Fight the Pandemic.
JMIR Public Health Surveill
; 7(5): e28517, 2021 05 19.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1194563
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 outbreak started as pneumonia in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The subsequent pandemic was declared as the sixth public health emergency of international concern on January 30, 2020, by the World Health Organization. Pakistan could be a potential hotspot for COVID-19 owing to its high population of 204.65 million and its struggling health care and economic systems. Pakistan was able to tackle the challenge with relatively mild repercussions. The present analysis has been conducted to highlight the situation of the disease in Pakistan in 2020 and the measures taken by various stakeholders coupled with support from the community to abate the risk of catastrophic spread of the virus.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Public Health
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Delivery of Health Care
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Pandemics
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COVID-19
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Government
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
JMIR Public Health Surveill
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
28517
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