Assessment of risk management and control measures against coronavirus disease

Joint Authors

al-Farraj, Salih Abd al-Aziz
Mahmud, Adil
Rahman, Khalil Ur.
Andlib, Shahla
al-Harbi, Sulayman Ali

Source

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences

Issue

Vol. 28, Issue 5 (31 May. 2021), pp.3013-3020, 8 p.

Publisher

Saudi Biological Society

Publication Date

2021-05-31

Country of Publication

Saudi Arabia

No. of Pages

8

Main Subjects

Pharmacy, Health & Medical Sciences

Abstract EN

This article presents the COVID-19 situation and control measures taken by the Government of Pakistan.

Two waves of pandemic are faced globally and similar in the study area.

We have investigated the risk management decision in two phases.

Primarily, strict lockdown was observed from March 2020 to July 2020 and smart lockdown was enforced from August 2020 to December 2020.

It has been studied that during strict lockdown, COVID cases reduced gradually but reopening of institutes and smart lockdown strategy resulted gradual increase in confirmed cases and death rates.

During first wave of COVID-19 in Pakistan, a total confirmed number of patients of COVID-19 were 263,496 till 18th of July 2020 with total deaths of 5,568 people and 204,276 recoveries, while total number of COVID-19 patients reached 555,511 till 9th of February 2021 with total deaths of 12,026 people.

Province of Sindh was affected badly with total number of 251,434 COVID-19 cases followed by Punjab Province with total number of 161,347 COVID-19 till 9th of February 2020.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Rahman, Khalil Ur.& Andlib, Shahla& al-Farraj, Salih Abd al-Aziz& al-Harbi, Sulayman Ali& Mahmud, Adil. 2021. Assessment of risk management and control measures against coronavirus disease. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences،Vol. 28, no. 5, pp.3013-3020.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Rahman, Khalil Ur.…[et al.]. Assessment of risk management and control measures against coronavirus disease. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences Vol. 28, no. 5 (2021), pp.3013-3020.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1415268

American Medical Association (AMA)

Rahman, Khalil Ur.& Andlib, Shahla& al-Farraj, Salih Abd al-Aziz& al-Harbi, Sulayman Ali& Mahmud, Adil. Assessment of risk management and control measures against coronavirus disease. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 2021. Vol. 28, no. 5, pp.3013-3020.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1415268

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references : p. 3019-2020

Record ID

BIM-1415268