Coronavirus: Pakistan PM Imran Khan warns countrymen and Says Stay Safe:
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday warned his countrymen that they were not ready for the third phase threat from the coronavirus. He, however, expressed confidence that Pakistan would stand firm in the face of this challenge. On Saturday, Khan said, "No one should be comforted that he can escape from this coronavirus safely." Look at New York where many rich people live. ' He made this statement when he went to Lahore to see the steps being taken by the Punjab government there.
The number of patients infected with the coronavirus in the country's largest province has risen to over one thousand. Khan visited the hospital that the provincial government has built to admit patients with coronavirus after a short notice. As of Saturday, 2,818 cases of Kovid-19 have been reported in Pakistan.
41 people have died due to corona across the country. Testing in Pakistan is very limited but observers are concerned that the number may be much higher. Pakistan's Punjab has become a hotspot of the virus. So far 1,072 cases have been reported here.
While 839 cases have been registered in Sindh, 383 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 175 in Balochistan, 193 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 75 in Islamabad and 11 in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. A day earlier, Khan had once again ruled out the possibility of implementing lockdowns across the country.
The government of Pakistan on Saturday informed the Supreme Court that the number of coronavirus patients in the country could reach 50,000 by the last week of this month. According to a report, about 7,000 cases may be serious while around 2,500 are worrisome. At the same time, the government estimates that 41,000 cases may be normal.
