Featured CoronaVirus in Pakistan - Updates & Discussion

[tamir]

I think it does bro, not much. But rate of transmission does reduce after 25c.

https://www.google.com.pk/amp/s/wap...outbreak-what-experts-say-120032800510_1.html

Our daily briefings start early in the morning and we go over each almost every new study that comes in. Like you mentioned, warmer weather will not have a significant impact on the virus.

https://ccdd.hsph.harvard.edu/will-covid-19-go-away-on-its-own-in-warmer-weather/

 

[ghazi52]

Today, village Bochal Kalah in Chakwal district.

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[JackTheRipper]

• 2,238 cases reported in Pakistan; 31 dead, 85 recovered

https://www.dawn.com/live-blog/

 

[Zizou]

Numbers alone do not help much. If name and addresses of the infected are also provided then people living in those areas can take extra precautionary measures.

 

[Pakistani Fighter]

 

[Valar.]

11th day of Lockdown due to Corona Virus and am already bored to death.
My poor parents can't even go for a walk which is necessary for them.

One thing I started to realize is how hard it's must have been for some/many/most poor oppressed Pakistani women who have to spend all day and almost their entire lives at homes due to cultural/religious/social reasons.

Once, this corona saga is over, I hope some of the rigid type men develop some sympathy towards their family women and they take care of their basic outing needs too.

PS: Don't respond to this comment as I am not looking for any debate. Agree or disagree, just move on.

 

[ghazi52]

Genetic make up of locally-transmitted coronavirus may have mutations, say experts

April 01, 2020

A team of researchers in Pakistan is studying the genome sequencing of Covid-19. — Photo provided by Imtiaz Ali

A team of researchers in Pakistan, led by Dow University of Health Sciences Vice Chancellor Professor Mohammad Saeed Quraishy, think that the genetic make up of the novel coronavirus may alter in a locally transmitted case.

The finding is not final as researchers are still studying the genome sequence of the virus and the research, being conducted in coordination with the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, is in its early stages. However, while examining the RNA structure of the virus contracted locally by a young boy, the researchers observed that the sequencing had slight mutations from the one that originated in Wuhan, China.

The patient, whose sample was being examined, had contracted the virus locally from a person who was infected in Saudi Arabia. According to data, 15 people of the same family had contracted the disease from the same person, which indicates that the local spread of the virus is extremely fast.

The team has yet to analyse further samples of the virus that arrived from other countries including the United States, United Kingdom, Syria, Iran, Iraq and other Gulf states.

The study of the virus' genome sequence is being hailed by experts as an important step towards developing a vaccine and treatment modalities.

The virus sample being studied by the research team was detected in the BSL-3 virology lab in Dow University, which is one of the first laboratories in Pakistan to conduct PCR testing for Covid-19. The lab is conducting free tests for the coronavirus.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1545583/g...ed-coronavirus-may-have-mutations-say-experts

 

[Longhorn]

• 2,238 cases reported in Pakistan; 31 dead, 85 recovered

https://www.dawn.com/live-blog/

If anyone believes these figures to be the extent of the viral spread in Pakistan, then they're sorely mistaken.
These figures are the tip of an enormous iceberg.
I'm surprised people don't see this. They seem happy to believe these official figures when the ground reality is totally different.

 

[JackTheRipper]

If anyone believes these figures to be the extent of the viral spread in Pakistan, then they're sorely mistaken.
These figures are the tip of an enormous iceberg.
I'm surprised people don't see this. They seem happy to believe these official figures when the ground reality is totally different.

We have no other option to believe official figures,
In Reality China, Iran, India and Pakistan Cases seems suspicious..

According to health departments of Pakistan, Real cases in Pakistan may be more than 17000 currently...

• 2,355 cases reported in Pakistan; 32 dead, 107 recovered

https://www.dawn.com/live-blog/
http://covid.gov.pk/

 

[ejaz007]

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

 

[JackTheRipper]

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https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

This is good site for statistics, but they follow govt data..
and pak govt site late updated than private channels..

 

[ghazi52]

 

[ghazi52]

In pictures: Deserted roads in Pakistan as coronavirus cases increase


A lockdown has been imposed in almost all parts of the country.
AFP

As the number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan continues to increase, the federal and provincial governments are taking every measure they can to restrict the virus from spreading without inflicting too much damage on an already unstable economy.

A lockdown has been imposed in almost all parts of the country to limit the spread of the virus by practicing social distancing.

So far, there are 1,664 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the country. At least 21 have died while 28 have recovered, according to official figures.

A man carries water bottles after filling from filtration plant during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus in Islamabad. — AFP

Members of local NGO carry out fumigation in areas of Karachi. — APP

Workers fumigate in a residential area in Rawalpindi. — AFP

An elderly man plays cricket on a road in Islamabad. — AFP

Children look out of their window as they stay home during a government-imposed lockdown in Islamabad. — AFP

View of a deserted road in Hyderabad. — APP

Residents wearing face masks wait for their turn to withdraw money outside a bank in Islamabad. — AFP

Residents wearing face masks wait for their turn to withdraw money outside a bank in Islamabad. — AFP

Health workers in Abbottabad spray chlorine water in a street after the death of a coronavirus patient was reported from the area. — APP

A vendor selling facemasks waits for customers during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Islamabad.

 

[JackTheRipper]

http://covid.gov.pk/

 

[ghazi52]