Protective and preventive measures to control COVID-19 in Pakistan healthcare prospective

Authors

  • Fatima Gul Department of Neuroradiology and First Acute Stroke Centre, Lahore General Hospital Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Haseeb Manzoor Department of Neuroradiology and First Acute Stroke Centre, Lahore General Hospital Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Hira Tanveer Department of Pharmacology and therapeutics, CMH Lahore Medical College, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Daim Shiraz Bachelor of Science, Department of Biology, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Hira Jamil Department of Acute Medicine, Lahore General Hospital Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20210861

Keywords:

COVID-19, Pakistan, Smart lockdown, Lockdown vs livelihood, Track and trace, Healthcare

Abstract

COVID-19, which first appeared in the December of 2019, has claimed over two million deaths to this day and the number continues to grow daily. Some countries have managed to successfully curb the threat whereas others continue to struggle. It is vital that we look at the measures taken by these countries that others can also implement those models and overcome this pandemic successfully. Amongst the countries which were successful in keeping in check the spread of the virus and the deaths caused is Pakistan. This paper explores the preventive measures taken by Pakistan at each stage of this pandemic, by taking the efficacy of each measure by its effect on the number of active patients, number of recovered patients and the death. Primarily, the government owing to the financial instability of the population couldn’t implement robust lockdowns and travel bans, which resulted in the spread of the virus. As the time progressed, novel strategies were introduced which posed to be more successful in containing the spread. One of the strategies was the implementation of a smart lockdown based on successful implementation of a ‘track and trace’ strategy. Furthermore, ‘lockdown vs. livelihood’ calculation, intra-city travel bans, procuring foreign aid, provision of medicinal supplies and incorporation of media helped Pakistan limit the spread of the virus. These models can also be incorporated in other countries facing the virus, resulting in decreased number of active patients and deaths. These strategies might help the world overcome this pandemic.

Author Biographies

Fatima Gul, Department of Neuroradiology and First Acute Stroke Centre, Lahore General Hospital Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Senior registrar

Department of Neuroradiology and First Acute Stroke Center, Lahore General Hospital Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Haseeb Manzoor, Department of Neuroradiology and First Acute Stroke Centre, Lahore General Hospital Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Registrar

Department of Neuroradiology and First Acute Stroke Center, Lahore General Hospital Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Hira Tanveer, Department of Pharmacology and therapeutics, CMH Lahore Medical College, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Demonstrator

Department of Pharmacology and therapeutics, CMH Lahore Medical College, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Daim Shiraz, Bachelor of Science, Department of Biology, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Bachelor of Science, Department of Biology, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Hira Jamil, Department of Acute Medicine, Lahore General Hospital Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Medical Officer

Department of Acute Medicine, Lahore General Hospital Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

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Published

2021-02-24

How to Cite

Gul, F., Manzoor, H., Tanveer, H., Shiraz, D., & Jamil, H. (2021). Protective and preventive measures to control COVID-19 in Pakistan healthcare prospective. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 8(3), 1547–1550. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20210861