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Pakistan's Covid-19 fatality rate will be lower than 1pc, predicts Jhagra

Published April 12, 2020
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KP health and finance minister Taimur Khan Jhagra has predicted that Pakistan's coronavirus fatality rate will be less than one per cent.

Taking to Twitter, the minister came to the conclusion after comparing data between Sindh and KP. He said that his conclusions were "only meant to statistically illustrate that analysing and interpreting data is key to drawing the right conclusions".

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