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Extent and appraisal of COVID-19 pandemic, risk governance, and resilience in Pakistan

A novel, highly contagious coronavirus (COVID-19) originated in the city of Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and rapidly spread throughout the globe. In February 2020, the first case of COVID-19 in Pakistan was reported in the Sindh province after first spreading over most of the country. The Sindh pr...

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Autores principales: Rafiq, Mahnoor, Ul Moazzam, Muhammad Farhan, Khan, Muhammad Barkat Ali, Rahman, Atta-ur, Shaw, Rajib
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9212234/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99277-0.00004-8
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author Rafiq, Mahnoor
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Khan, Muhammad Barkat Ali
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Shaw, Rajib
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description A novel, highly contagious coronavirus (COVID-19) originated in the city of Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and rapidly spread throughout the globe. In February 2020, the first case of COVID-19 in Pakistan was reported in the Sindh province after first spreading over most of the country. The Sindh province had the most confirmed COVID-19 cases at that time. In response to the pandemic, the government of Pakistan allocated PKR 1.13 trillion for rescue and assistance to businesses and needy communities. However, Pakistan is considered a developing economy, but the government took all the necessary steps to ensure preventive measures were put in place against the deadly pandemic. The government has taken preventive measures, including proper quarantine facilities, temporary hospitals, and smart lockdowns to control COVID-19 transmission. Despite these preventive steps, challenges remained, including standard operating procedures, lapses in handling the emergency, and horizontal coordination among government line agencies. In parallel, Pakistan’s diverse topography and unplanned built-up areas caused communication issues, while public attitudes further aggravated the pandemic. The conclusion is that COVID-19 posed a challenge for Pakistan’s pandemic response in providing treatment and mitigating infections.
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spelling pubmed-92122342022-06-22 Extent and appraisal of COVID-19 pandemic, risk governance, and resilience in Pakistan Rafiq, Mahnoor Ul Moazzam, Muhammad Farhan Khan, Muhammad Barkat Ali Rahman, Atta-ur Shaw, Rajib Pandemic Risk, Response, and Resilience Article A novel, highly contagious coronavirus (COVID-19) originated in the city of Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and rapidly spread throughout the globe. In February 2020, the first case of COVID-19 in Pakistan was reported in the Sindh province after first spreading over most of the country. The Sindh province had the most confirmed COVID-19 cases at that time. In response to the pandemic, the government of Pakistan allocated PKR 1.13 trillion for rescue and assistance to businesses and needy communities. However, Pakistan is considered a developing economy, but the government took all the necessary steps to ensure preventive measures were put in place against the deadly pandemic. The government has taken preventive measures, including proper quarantine facilities, temporary hospitals, and smart lockdowns to control COVID-19 transmission. Despite these preventive steps, challenges remained, including standard operating procedures, lapses in handling the emergency, and horizontal coordination among government line agencies. In parallel, Pakistan’s diverse topography and unplanned built-up areas caused communication issues, while public attitudes further aggravated the pandemic. The conclusion is that COVID-19 posed a challenge for Pakistan’s pandemic response in providing treatment and mitigating infections. 2022 2022-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9212234/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99277-0.00004-8 Text en Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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