Sudden surge in Punjab coronavirus cases after Eid
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LAHORE: The Punjab province has witnessed a sudden increase in the number of Covid-19 new cases after Eidul Azha.
The everyday cases which had dropped to [on average] below 100 during the last one week, again increased to around 300.
Though, some medical experts were not perturbed and declared it a routine surge, others believed that it might be a signal for the beginning of the second wave of virus. Punjab reported 277 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 besides five deaths during the last 24 hours against 235 a day earlier.
Of the new cases, 100 were reported from Lahore against 52 a day before, 58 from Rawalpindi (54), 25 from Gujranwala, 13 from Multan (11 a day earlier), 11 from Sialkot, eight from Gujrat etc.
According to official figures released by the health department on Thursday, the total number of the confirmed cases in Punjab reached 93,847 including 47,729 in Lahore, 7,503 in Rawalpindi, 5,856 in Multan and 5,812 in Faisalabad.
The Punjab government performed 5,424 Covid-19 tests during the last 24 hours across the province. Of them most were conducted by the private labs.
Published in Dawn, August 7th, 2020
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Aug 07, 2020 01:22pm
Experts made statements that cases will reduce after Eid?
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Aug 07, 2020 03:11pm
It was expected.
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Aug 07, 2020 03:45pm
Obviously. No doubt about about it.
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Aug 07, 2020 04:03pm
You were warned before also. Its never too late, don't let your guard down.
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Aug 07, 2020 04:03pm
2nd wave? Is the first wave over?
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Aug 07, 2020 04:23pm
This was bound to happen. Second wave is coming.
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Aug 07, 2020 04:48pm
Yeah right, as if the first wave ever really went away...
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Aug 07, 2020 04:49pm
The world has not been able to control the first wave, the world still struggles to control the virus, do not assume you are being faced with the second wave, we haven’t even overcome the first one.
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Aug 07, 2020 04:52pm
Relaxing of lockdowns and reopening of businesses has nothing to do with it being safe for the people, it’s all about the economy, let’s not make a mistake and confuse the two.
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Aug 07, 2020 04:53pm
2nd wave is real. Be aware!!
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Aug 07, 2020 04:56pm
It proves that people did not care much about the SOPs during the Eid-al-Adha 1441 A.H. festivities and related activities.
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Aug 07, 2020 05:18pm
We have to be very careful till the end of single Covid case... Govt is easing lock downs but here
Public and Govt authorities have to practice SOP's for atleast past winter season.. So we have to be patient till the passage of upcoming winter season.
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Aug 07, 2020 06:05pm
There is something called 'margin of error'; very real factor in large population centers b/c of so many complicating factors.
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Aug 07, 2020 07:17pm
The numbers reported by the government are not correct
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Aug 07, 2020 07:20pm
Poor planning and lack of educated actions. Smart lockdown or SOPs... nothing works!
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Aug 07, 2020 07:22pm
5000 test most of them by private labs, thus shows that government has reduced testing, thus reduced positive cases. only the people who can afford are going to private labs, and rest are left on mercy.
And in Aug 10 everything is opening. Complacency has set in sadly.
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Aug 07, 2020 07:25pm
I thought imran sb and co had defeated corona
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Aug 07, 2020 07:33pm
Expected. Second wave will be devastating unless action is taken.
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Aug 07, 2020 07:35pm
The WHO had already cautioned of a spread of a surge of new mutated strain of COVID-19 after August 4. While other countries took precautionataionary measure, our govt. remaining jubilant to recent drop in the infection, found it convenient to issue statements only. Now as expected, with Eid festivities happening during such times, & people becoming more relaxed, as usual, opted for discarding SOP protocols & went on socializing to provide an opportunity to the subdued virus to become active again.
Notwithstanding, the 300% rise in Coronavirus positive cases in Punjab, other more crowded areas such as Karachi will soon follow suit. With govt. allowing cinemas, restaurants, gyms & other places of mass gathering without having any worthwhile mechanism in place to enforce SOP’s, is going to bring the country back to square one situation. Let us hope against hope that the people, mostly illiterate and ignorant by and large, take stock of the danger lying ahead & adopt SOP on their own.
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Aug 07, 2020 07:51pm
What about 500 in Sindh ?
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Aug 07, 2020 08:17pm
Expected. But no one cares
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Aug 07, 2020 10:05pm
These were with 5,000 tests. Imagine the true reality if they had carried out 25,000 tests (as they were doing in the past). It would be prudent for the Govt to belay the order of complete re-opening and re-open gradually to ensure this doesn't spike
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Aug 08, 2020 12:26am
Virus will take it’s own ways.
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Aug 08, 2020 12:43am
@HKG, Experts never said this. It was the National Coordination Committee (NCC), headed by Asad Umar.
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Aug 08, 2020 01:07am
All praise to PM IKN, his stooges & the exalted clerics. If Covid-19 infections increase, it's the people's fault & not the Government's. The Government is not responsible for any Covid-19 matters.
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Aug 08, 2020 03:37am
@HKG, no they didn't...they asked general public to take appropriate actions by implementing SOP'S when out on Eid celebrations, stop mincing words and confusing the people
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Aug 08, 2020 07:15am
I blame this on people and their superstitious mind.
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Aug 08, 2020 07:40am
It was expected, wasn't it?
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Aug 08, 2020 08:29am
Who would have guess this!
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Aug 08, 2020 03:11pm
There goes official claims of success. Drama exposed
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Aug 08, 2020 03:50pm
Govt had stop examin the people, that,s why numbers going down..
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