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Covid-19: turning the world upside down
Covid-19 in Pakistan and potential repercussions for the world: is the infection on the verge of endemicity?
BMJ 2020; 369 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m1909 (Published 14 May 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;369:m1909
- Amjad Ali, assistant professor,
- Ma Zhongren, professor,
- Zulqarnain Baloch, associate professor
- Biomedical Research Center, Northwest Minzu University, Lanzhou, China
- znbalooch{at}yahoo.com
Kickbusch and colleagues have rightly indicated that South Asian countries are important in shaping global health.1 Elaborating further, we discuss the emerging covid-19 scenario in Pakistan.
Since the first imported case of covid-19 in Karachi,2 the number of infections has soared to over 7000 with 135 deaths (as of 17 April).3 Inappropriate response from the government and public resulted in the establishment of infection in Pakistan. This is a …
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