Averting the Worst – How the Telecom Sector Helped Pakistan Curtail Its Covid-19 Pandemic
The havoc that the novel coronavirus began to wreak early last year shows no signs of abating. Today, the country is gripped in the third and the deadliest wave so far, recording its highest daily Covid-19 deaths on April 28. As of now, the virus has infected over 800,000 and killed about 18,000 Pakistanis, while over 700,000 people have also recovered from the disease.
A number of vaccines – developed and trailed in record time – now raise hopes of an end to this unprecedented pandemic that hasn’t stopped jolting our economy and lives for over a year. Besides their loved ones, countless people have also lost jobs while an air of fear looms large on their minds. Although grim, the situation could have been much worse if it wasn’t for certain moves that we made in time.
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