Covid-19 is spreading in Pakistan at one of the fastest rates in the world, but economic conditions force the government to reopen
Pakistan butted heads with the World Health Organization over the spike.
In televised speeches, he has taken to pleading with Pakistanis to wear masks, ignore countless conspiracy theories, and take the virus seriously. Last week, the border with Iran — blamed as the source of the first infections here — was reopened for trade only.Zeeshan Hassan, a local businessman, said his uncle was turned away from three hospitals in the southern city of Multan, an area heavily affected by Covid-19 cases.
“People are now starting to get scared and the government is now taking it seriously, but I think we are too late because Covid-19 has already spread massively everywhere in the country,” he said.
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