Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the coronavirus does not differentiate between the rich and the poor, making it everyone's problem.
"Earlier, only the poor man's child used to die of drinking dirty water. Hepatitis C became an epidemic and nobody cared because it mostly affected the poor. Now corona doesn't differentiate between the rich and poor," he said.
"The elite only took the decision to lock countries down when they realised the virus could affect the rich.
"Singapore had a very effective lockdown strategy and their curve flattened but cases surged immediately after lockdown because of migrant workers who had to go back to work.
"When Pakistan makes decisions on corona moving forward, we have to factor in the poor, the daily wage workers, the people who nobody cared about before. We're telling them to adhere to the lockdown, but how will they socially distance when they have mouths to feed?" the prime minister asked.
