Experts say that PM Khan has failed to come up with a concrete policy to curb the coronavirus spread
Al-Jazeera: Pakistan PM: 'Cannot afford' to shut down cities over coronavirus
Imran Khan has called upon his countrymen 'not to panic' amid a spike in coronavirus cases in the country.
Islamabad, Pakistan - Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has called upon his countrymen "not to panic" amid a spike in coronavirus cases in the country, warning that the spread of COVID-19 was inevitable and that Pakistan cannot currently afford the economic cost of shutting down its cities.
As of Wednesday, Pakistan has recorded at least 243 cases of the highly contagious coronavirus, most linked to travellers who have returned home from neighbouring Iran, according to government data. It is the highest number of confirmed cases in South Asia, compared with 147 in India, 44 in Sri Lanka, and 22 in Afghanistan.
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Update #1: Pakistan can't afford to shutter cities to prevent virus: PM Imran Khan (AFP)
Update #2: Coronavirus: Is Pakistan taking COVID-19 too lightly? (DW)
WNU Editor: This is a prescription for disaster. There are currently 243 cases of Covid-19 in Pakistan. Here is an easy prediction. In three weeks the number will be in the tens of thousands.
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Okay, so you can't afford to shut down whole segments of your economy but you have to halt the spread of COVID-19. Then choose a third alternative. Furthermore I would add that even if you do shut down whole segments of your economy there is no guarantee that this is going to work anyway. In such a case pick a third alternative.
An example of this would be bring on industries such as restaurants, travel, cruise lines, etc as equal partners with government on this. They are very experienced with hygiene in enclosed areas and serving large numbers of people cleanly and efficiently. I think it is highly likely that these people could offer innovative solutions to this problem that would satisfy all concerns. At least in the US I am convinced this is the case.
Actually the US can't readily afford what was done either but we blithely pretended we could. The massive economic wreck created by the government's response to this was easily predictable. It is still my very considered opinion that the government's response to this has created far more damaging and long range repercussions than this virus ever would or ever could have. It would have been nice if someone had thought through the easily predictable consequences of the government's actions here.
They didn't. Perhaps the Trump administration was focused on Afghanistan and didn't fully comprehend the coming "black swan." As a result the goons of CDC were left in charge of our response lock, stock, and barrel including the messaging. IMHO, while these people may be intellectual geniuses, they have the emotional maturity of five year old children. Now here we are left needing still more debt and government spending to fix the mess the government created with its response. I will reiterate there is no guarantee that these draconian responses are even going to work. Essentially we took a shot in the dark and severely hurt whole sections of our economy drastically altering the lives of many, many good people.
Here's a chance for Pakistan to learn from our mistakes. Try something different.
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