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AURORA: What is the basis for the government’s assertion that it has handled the pandemic well?
FAISAL SULTAN: We can talk about numbers and other things, but the most obvious objective when the pandemic began was to ensure that the health system was not overwhelmed. There were two peaks and in both cases, we were able to avoid running out of hospital beds or allowing the health system to trip. At all stages, we had the capacity – this is one way of looking at it. If we look at it from the point of view of mortality per capita, it has been lower than in many regions. In fact, the entire region has done better compared to European countries.
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So far, 91 health workers including doctors, nurses and paramedics have died of Covid-19 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Reuters/File
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa lost 35 persons including a senior doctor to Covid-19 on Thursday as the third wave continued to kill doctors and other health workers faster than it did during the first two waves of the pandemic.
So far, 91 health workers including doctors, nurses and paramedics have died of Covid-19 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Meanwhile, the province’s death toll from the virus climbed to 2,796 and cases to 103,419 with 1,129 more infections detected during the last 24 hours, said a report prepared by health department.
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