WHO praises Pakistan for handling COVID-19 efficiently
Lahore, 11th September: The World Health Organization (WHO) has praised Pakistan on its efficient handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
According to the report of Baaghi TV, WHO said that the international community should learn from Pakistan in overcoming the global pandemic.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a media briefing said Pakistan deployed the infrastructure built up over many years for polio to combat COVID-19.
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“Community health workers who have been trained to go door-to-door vaccinating children for polio have been utilised for surveillance, contact tracing and care,” he said.
Click on the link below to watch his media briefing on COVID-19 on 7th September:
Media briefing on #COVID19 with @DrTedros https://t.co/AE8hw0O2bm
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) September 7, 2020
“There are many other examples, including Cambodia, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Senegal, Spain and Vietnam. Many of these countries have done well because they learned lessons from previous outbreaks of SARS, MERS, measles, polio, Ebola, flu and other diseases. That’s why it’s vital that we all learn lessons this pandemic is teaching us,” he said.
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Former Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Zafar Mirza stated in a tweet on his account, “Pakistan included among seven countries by WHO Director-General- countries that the world can learn from about how to fight future pandemics. A great honour for the people of Pakistan. Alhamdulillah.”
<358> Pakistan included among 7 countries by WHO Director General – countries that world can learn from about how to fight future pandemics. Great honor for the people of Pakistan. Alhamdolilah 🙏. https://t.co/33rb8avZA6
— Zafar Mirza (@zfrmrza) September 10, 2020
Dr Zafar Mirza talked to the Dawn and said, “It proves that if we want to do something we can do it. Moreover, the WHO DG spoke about the importance of the public health system. It is talked about ‘building back better (BBB)’ and I believe the time has come to build back,” he said.’
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Ministry of National Health Services spokesperson Sajid Shah said it was collective efforts by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) due to which not only Pakistan proved the international communities that we can get control of the number of cases.
The virus which started from Wuhan, China in December 2019 started to spread worldwide in no time. But Pakistan, with its effective smart lockdown measures, pushed back the virus, minimizing the cases within six months.
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