Pakistan's Covid-19 outbreak not comparable to other countries, says PM Imran

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Prime Minister Imran Khan said that so far the intensity of the coronavirus outbreak in the country has not escalated to the degree witnessed in other parts of the world.

Prime Minister Imran Khan speaking during the inauguration. — DawnNewsTV
Prime Minister Imran Khan speaking during the inauguration. — DawnNewsTV

Inaugurating the upgradation project of Cantonment General Hospital in Rawalpindi, the premier said: "Pakistan's fatalities, the number of people who are dying, are lesser than that of the average number of deaths across the world.

"We are in the process of gathering our data," he said, adding that the government will have a better idea of the situation after that.

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