Is Karachi Knocking at Herd Immunity? A Possible Reason for Decline in SARS-CoV-2 Infections

Rezwan, Faiza; Zaidi, Samreen; Danish, Asma; Khawaja, Shabnum; Imam, Mehjabeen; Hassan, Jawwad; Waheed, Samra; Naz, Arshi; Borhany, Munira; Ahmed, Shakir; Shamsi, Tahir

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3700931

SSRN Journal

2020

DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3700931

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Is Karachi Knocking at Herd Immunity? A Possible Reason for Decline in SARS-CoV-2 Infections

Faiza Rezwan

Samreen Zaidi

Asma Danish

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“…In Pakistan, an increase in the number of positive patients was observed in the first week of October which raised the toll of active cases to 9,135. Six new deaths were reported and the majority of the patients were kept on ventilators [5]. Presently the province of Sindh has the highest number of confirmed positive patients followed by Punjab where a constant increase in the positive patients has been observed.…”

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The second wave of COVID-19 in Pakistan, facts and preventive strategies

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In case, the number of positive cases continues to increase, the government will impose a generalized lockdown which will worsen the livelihood of the daily wagers. This will directly affect the overall economic situation of the country and the results will be more devastating [7]. In Pakistan, the fact is that people still did not consider the corona pandemic serious. The only solution to avoid the devastating effects of the second wave of coronavirus is to take serious and timely precautionary measures. The most important point is the people will have to live with the corona [8]. Hence, as a global epidemic, the public must change their mind and attitude towards the coronavirus and must not consider it a joke. The people need to avoid negligence and must follow strictly the standard operating procedures (SOPs) [9]. Looking at the current scenario, the government must show more responsibility and make further necessary steps in order to force the people on taking serious precautionary measures. The imposing of penalties for those avoiding the SOPs will be a good option. In case the public wants to continue their routine business activities, they must ensure compliance with the precautionary measures to minimize the spread of the virus in the winter, hence the second wave of corona can be controlled [10].

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