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This document discusses benchmark indicators for measuring Pakistan's success in controlling the spread of COVID-19 over the next 30 days. It outlines stringent measures taken by the Pakistani government to prevent virus spread, including closing institutions, banning large gatherings, and opening quarantine centers. However, many returning Pakistani citizens from Iran pose a risk of increasing virus toll. The five key benchmark indicators mentioned are: 1) the world controls virus spread, 2) effective quarantining of returnees from high-risk countries, 3) successful quarantining of locals without travel history, 4) effective social distancing flattening the curve, and 5) no new reported COVID-19 patients. Meeting all five benchmarks will show the government has successfully controlled spread

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This document discusses benchmark indicators for measuring Pakistan's success in controlling the spread of COVID-19 over the next 30 days. It outlines stringent measures taken by the Pakistani government to prevent virus spread, including closing institutions, banning large gatherings, and opening quarantine centers. However, many returning Pakistani citizens from Iran pose a risk of increasing virus toll. The five key benchmark indicators mentioned are: 1) the world controls virus spread, 2) effective quarantining of returnees from high-risk countries, 3) successful quarantining of locals without travel history, 4) effective social distancing flattening the curve, and 5) no new reported COVID-19 patients. Meeting all five benchmarks will show the government has successfully controlled spread

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The Bench Mark Indicators of Success Against COVID 19 in Pakistan

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The Bench Mark Indicators of Success Against COVID 19 in Pakistan
By
Dawood Mamoon
(World Economic Survey)
The government of Pakistan has been successful in its early prevention measures against the COVID
19 spread through Wuhan Province and China. However, as Iran became the next victim of COVID
19 by February 2020, it was nearly impossible to implement the same strategy against the spread of
the virus. Partly because Iran is a country struggling with a poor economy meaning that its health
sector is not prepared to take contingency measures against the spread of virus in the same lines as
China. So Pakistan had no option but to allow Pakistani citizens to enter into its borders where many
had been suffering from COVID 19. By March the government agencies took stringent measures to
prevent the virus spreading among its population. These measures ranged from closing down
educational institutions, imposing bans on public gatherings that are more than forty people while also
opening many quarantine centers all across the country. The patients that have been affected by
COVID 19 is still a very manageable number that is less than 500. However due to the virus that is
wide spread in the world, many Pakistani citizens that are travelling back to Pakistan especially from
Iran may pose a risk that the virus may take a higher toll.
According to the author next 30 days are vital to know whether Pakistan has been able to control the
spread of COVD 19. Following measures are important bench mark indicators to consider in this
respect.
1. The world has been able to control the spread of the virus.
2. Pakistani government is effectively able to quarantine the Pakistanis coming from Iran or other
countries where there is the outbreak.
3. Pakistanis with no travel history that are effected by the virus are successfully quarantined.
4. The general population practice measures like social distancing effectively so that the curve is
flattened against COVID 19.
5. As a consequence, no new patients of COVID 19 are reported.
If we consider all these five points, they will ensure that Pakistani government has been successful in
controlling the spread of the virus within the next 30 days.

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