Covid-19 Current Situation in Pakistan

Epidemic Weekly Report

March 12, 2021

Pakistan Business Management Division

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Epidemic Situation.............................................................................................................................3
Covid-19 Cases in Pakistan................................................................................................................3
Covid-19 situation in the country......................................................................................................3
Vaccine Updates................................................................................................................................4
Regional situations............................................................................................................................5

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Epidemic Situation
The number of new cases was on the decline since January, when the active cases dropped to
below 17000 from over 52000. The National Command and Operation Center was continuously
monitored the situation and lifted all the instructions in the country due to covid-19 and allow
businesses to do conduct business with full swing, the spectators in the ongoing Pakistan Super
League a big event in the country where only 20PC spectators were allowed was increased to
50PC, educational institutions were allowed to operate 5 days a week with full attendance, people
also stopped following standard operating procedures. Now in less than 2 weeks the number of
new cases has been increased and more than 2200 new cases have been reported in a single day.
Now specter of a fresh wave of Covid-19 loomed over the country.

Covid-19 Cases in Pakistan

Confirmed Cases Active Cases Total Total Deaths Fatality Ratio
Recoveries

600,198 18,703 568,065 13,430 2.2%

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Covid-19 situation in the country

Since March 24 when the government had lifted all the covid-19 restrictions, positivity ratio has
now been reached to 5.3 percent, which had remained below 4pc in February. A press release
issued by the National Command and Control Centre (NCOC) on Thursday morning said 2,258
cases were recorded in the previous 24 hours across the country, marking the first time since late
January when more than 2,000 cases were reported. On Jan 29, a total of 2,186 cases were
reported.

According to the NCOC statement, during the previous 24 hours 1,290 cases were reported from
Punjab, 350 from Islamabad, 289 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 256 from Sindh, 57 from Azad
Jammu and Kashmir and 16 from Baluchistan. Another alarming situation is also in the rise. The
new United Kingdom variant is also been identified in 4 districts of Punjab province. According to
data generated by the next-generation sequencing (NGS) system, which has been imported from
China, the United Kingdom’s highly infectious variant is present in Lahore, Jhelum, Okara and
Gujarat. The infection rate is alarmingly increasing in Punjab. Gujranwala city has reported highest
9pc positivity rate of the virus, Lahore and Multan 8pc, Faisalabad 6pc and Rawalpindi reported
4pc infection rate.

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The Federal Capital is situation is also worsening in the recent days as the infection rate
alarmingly rises in less than two weeks. Keeping in view the government of Punjab had imposed
smart lockdown in 14 virus hotspot to prevent further spread.

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Vaccine Updates
The coronavirus pandemic in Pakistan, a country of about 220 million people, is relatively under
control. The South Asian nation detected the outbreak nearly a year ago and has since
documented more than 600,000 confirmed COVD-19 cases, with close to 14000 deaths.

The country has secured initial trench of 50,000 jabs of Covid-19 vaccine and start to vaccinate
the front line health workers in the first phase. In the second the governments start vaccination of
general public above age 60 on 10 th of March. Dr. Faisal Sultan, special assistant health to the
prime minister, said that almost seven million doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine will be available for
Pakistani citizens in the first quarter of the year and the rest within the second quarter of 2021.
The government had no plan to buy covid-19 vaccine as it has not enough finance to buy huge
amount of jabs it was told by the core committee on health. The committee decides not to buy
vaccine any time soon but to relay only on donations.

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Regional situations

300000

250000

200000

Confirm Cases
150000 Active Cases
Deaths
Recoveries
100000

50000

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AJK Baluchistan GB Islamabad KPK Punjab Sindh

The specter of a fresh wave of Covid-19 loomed over the country on Thursday March 11, as the
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number of people reported to have contracted the potentially fatal disease in a day topped the
figure of 2,000 after a gap of about a month, with half of those infected belonging to Punjab. The
country’s most populous province seemed to be in the eye of the brewing storm not just because
of the high number of people infected but also due to the presence there of a rather dangerous
strain of the virus.

As the virus resurging again in the country the NCOC has again taken steps and close down all
educational across the federal capital and in province Punjab followed by KP for a period of two
weeks from March 15. The provincial governments took the step as the positivity rate in the
provinces has been increased. The Commissioner Islamabad had also issued a notification sited
restricting activities to prevent further spread of the virus. The notification issued by the deputy
commissioner said 50pc work from home policy would be implemented in the capital with
immediate effect and time limit of 10pm for all commercial activities had been reinforced with
immediate effect except for essential services like pharmacies, groceries and bakeries. All
amusement parks in the capital will close at 6pm and the decision of allowing indoor weddings,
indoor dining and opening of cinemas and shrines with effect from March 15 had been
withdrawn.

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