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ll presen ttod ay .Thev iru swa sf ir
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scov eredinWu ha n
,C hinainDe ce mbe r2 019.Ba sicallyita llstart edwh ena
personinC hinaa teb atsa ndf romt hatb a t,thisd isea sewa strans ferred
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toh uma nbe i
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becameo uto fc ontrol.Chinae nforcedl ockdowni nt hec oun tryast hev ir
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wass pread i
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dly.OnDe cembe r3 1,Chinaa lerte dWo rldHe alth
Organization(WHO) a boutt henumb e
ro fi ncrea singc ase sint hec ountry.
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n ouncedt hef irstd e athd uet othisVi rus.
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ed
Pakistano n2 6thF ebruary2 020wh ent woc a seswe rer ep orted.Th ef i
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onewa sas tud entinK ar achiandt hes econdo newa si nI sla maba d.Bothof
themh adr ecentlyr etur n
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ch,Pa kistana nnoun cedthef irstd eat hd uet oC ov i
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putun deral ockd ownf rom1 stAp rila ndwa sext e ndedt wi ceu ntil9thMa y.
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caseswe rer epo rtedinas i
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Pakistanh adr ecordeda t
leasto nec onfirme dc aseo fC ovid -
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rus,t h
ePa kistanie conomyh adlo stRS2 .5t ril
liona sa nn ouncedb y
Governme nto fPa kista non2 ndAp ril.Thev irusp la yedah e avyro l
ei n
unemp l
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t ho
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a ndso fp e oplewe r es uffer
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o yme ntan ddu etot hislockd own ,pe opleh a dn othingtoe at.At
thattime ,someNGO' swo rk e
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majorityo fthec ases.Therewe real oto fb usine ssest ha ts ufferedh eavy
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ngt hep an demi c.Thep ri
ce soft h ema skswe rea l
soin crea sedb utp eopl
e
hadtob uyi ttof oll
owS OP's.Th esec o mp aniese arnedh ugea mo un tofp r
ofit
byselli
n gt h
ema s ks
.An ot herb usines st hatwa se arningp rofite a chd ay
weret hema nufa cturerso fh a ndsa nitize rs,astheywe rema dec omp u l
sory
tousei no rdert op r
o tecto urs elvesf romt hisvirus,thep ric eso ft hema lso
inc
rease d.Howe vert hema jord rawb a ckwa sthatt heu n
kno wnc omp anies
start
e dma nufact uri
n gh ands anitize rso fl owqu al
ityj u
stt oe arnp ro fi
tb y
makingp eo pl
ef o olandt he ys tarteds ell
in git.Coronav i
rusa l
s oha dama jor
impacto ns portsa ctivitiest ha twe rer unninga l
lovert h
ewo r l
d .Ma jor
footballleague ss uc
ha sLa l
igai nS pa i
n ,Pr emierleagu einEn g l
a nde tcwe re
postpone ddurin gt h
ep ande mic.Ho we ve r,
t heleaguess uffe redh e avy
finan
cia lloss
e s.
I nourc oun try,Pa kista nC ricketBo ard(PC B)a nnounc edt h
at
therema in i
ngma tcheso fPa kistanS u perL e ague(PSL)wi llb ep laye db ehi
nd
clo
sedd oo rs
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di n tern ationalcri
cke tersp a rticipatingin
PSLtol ea vefo rt heirh omec o untriesi ft heywa nt
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and1s taf fme mb erle ftPa k i
s tan.Th eF ina lMatchwa sr esch edu l
e dt o18th
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chi nsteado f2 2ndMa rch.On1 7t hMa rch,thek nockoutf ixt ureso ft he
tourn
a me ntwe r ep ostp onedi nclu
d ingt hef i
nalb ec
a useofi nc reas i
ng
numbero fc asesi nt hec ountry .Si
mi larly, afters i
xy ea r
s,Pa k istanF ootbal
l
FederationL eag uer etur ned,b utitwa sa lsopostpone dduet ot hisp andemic.
Thesp ortsa ctivitiesh owe ve rhav er esu me dacrosst hewo rldi ncluding
Pakistana ndt hema tche sa reb ei
n gp laye db ehindclosedd oor swi thn o
audience.Theg ove rnme nto fPa k i
st ani sd oingag reatj o
bi np re ven ti
n gthe
vir
ust os preadf urther, theya rema kingp eopletof oll
owS OP' sst ri
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y,the
useofma sksa ndh ands an i
t i
z ersa reb e i
n gma dec ompu l
soryt oe very one.
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e ntsh av er ecove redf r omth i
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se ase.InPa kista n,
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deathco untha sr each ed7 000 .Acros st heg lobe,mill
ionsofp eo pleh aved ied
duetot hisv i
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llionso fp atientst hatwe rea b l
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yp uttin gt heiro wn
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r usin
performi ngthe i
rd u
t ies.Mo reov er,th ed octorst ol
du sab outt h es ymp toms
ofCovid -
19 ,
th ec ommo ns ignso fth isv irusi ncl
udef ever,cou ghinga nd
breathingd ifficulti
e sa ndi ns everec a sesi tcanc ausemu ltipleo rg ans
fail
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ru sist houg htt obeb etwe en1t o1 4d ays,itis
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reasonwh ys oma nyp eop l
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spl
aya nysy mptomsdes pi
teh avingvirusintheirbodie
s.Top revent
th
ev i
ruscomingintoyourbod y,WHOr ecomme ndestowa shyourh an
ds
re
gular
lywiths oapa n
dwa tera ndcove r
ingyo urmouthwithyoure lbo
w
whensneezi
ngo rcoughin
ga ndtoa voidtouchingyourface,eyesa ndmouth
wit
hu n
wa s
he dhands.Itisal
s oma n
da torytoma i
ntai
nsocialdi
sta nc
e,
keepi
ngadistanceo fatleas
t1me terb etweeny our
selfandothe rs.
Av o
id
un
necessar
yc ontactwithanima l
sa ndwa shyou rhan
dst ho
roughlya f
ter
co
ntact.
Scienti
st s,
ont h
eo therhand,a r
ewo rkingtof i
ndav ac
cin eforthe
pr
eventio
no fvirusbutt he
ya rey ett oma k
ea nyv a
ccine.
Itisou rdutyto
pr
otectourselv
e sandothersf ro
mt hisv i
rusb yfoll
owingtheSOP' sandby
mai
ntaini
ngsocialdistan
cea monge achoth e
r.Thatishowwec anp revent
th
isvir
ustos preadf urt
her.

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