Spread of COVID-19
“Those figures are disturbing since they do imply there may still be extensive transmission in several parts of the country,” Claire Standley, an assistant research at the Department of International Health at Georgetown University, told Reuters.
Specialists say measures that could control spread– like limits on religious congregations and crowded markets and stressing physical distancing – should be redeemed and some doctors are increasing the alarm.
Pakistan lifted its lockdown on May 9, about two weeks before the Eid al-Fitr festivity that signifies the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and is rejoiced with family get-togethers and feasting. Transport and most businesses have re-opened but cinemas, eateries and schools remain shut.
There has been rising discussion among specialists globally on whether populated developing countries can afford full social distancing measures to restrain the coronavirus while evading economic destruction.
Some officials have recommended “herd immunity” could hold the virus. In these circumstances, sufficient people in a population have contracted immunity to the disease to be able to prevent that disease from spreading efficiently. But, the World Health Organization has warned countries that have “lax measures” in place against counting on people immunity to block the spread of COVID-19.