Analysis of COVID-19 Epidemic in Pakistan and the Vaccination Strategies

Authors

  • Arslan Habib Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
  • Riffat Iqbal Department of Zoology, Government College University Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Zeeshan Ashraf Department of Fisheries & Aquaculture, University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Muhammad Usman Taj Department of Fisheries & Aquaculture, University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Dominic Kwesi Quainoo Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biosciences, University for Development Studies, Ghana.
  • Muhammad Shehzad Department of Zoology, Government College University Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Mubeen Ameer Department of Zoology, Government College University Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Behloul Abbas Department of Zoology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/etdhr/v3/2282C

Keywords:

COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, lockdown, pakistan, vaccines, WHO

Abstract

The current pandemic of COVID-19 was first time observed in the Wuhan city of China in December 2019, which later appeared all over the world. World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus pandemic is an international issue of public health emergency in the world. WHO on 11 February 2020 confirmed the name of this virus as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Different effective preventive measures were implemented to control the transmission of COVID-19.  After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan government designed different effective methods to fight against this zoonotic disease. The government of Pakistan designed tertiary care hospitals, quarantine facilities and COVID-19 testing laboratories in all provinces. Currently, a massive campaign of vaccination is started immunization of maximum population to get control over this pandemic. This review highlighted the spread of COVID-19 along with its effects on the Pakistani population as well as government feedback to control this pandemic.

Published

2022-02-14

How to Cite

Arslan Habib, Riffat Iqbal, Zeeshan Ashraf, Muhammad Usman Taj, Dominic Kwesi Quainoo, Muhammad Shehzad, … Behloul Abbas. (2022). Analysis of COVID-19 Epidemic in Pakistan and the Vaccination Strategies. Emerging Trends in Disease and Health Research Vol. 3, 70–79. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/etdhr/v3/2282C

Issue

Emerging Trends in Disease and Health Research Vol. 3

Section

Chapters