Karachi April 19, 2021 Hardly 10 of the doctors and healthcare providers who lost their lives due to Covid-19 in Pakistan were directly involved with the treatment and management of the disease, the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has claimed, demanding the resumption of the coronavirus vaccination to all healthcare workers without any delay. “Of the 192 doctors who lost their lives in Pakistan, around 182 were ordinary doctors and healthcare providers who contracted the disease from asymptomatic patients,” PMA General Secretary Dr Qaiser Sajjad told The News on Sunday. “Every healthcare provider in Pakistan is a frontline healthcare worker because they are risking their lives by treating known as well as asymptomatic patients of Covid-19.”