The government has missed two critical opportunities that could have placed the country at a better position today in its fight against coronavirus as official indecisiveness led to a delayed and ineffective lockdown with constant increase in cases and the government failed to utilise the period of two-month lockdown for building a policy framework on how to return to normalcy.

This analysis is part of a report recently prepared by a team of public health specialists associated with the APPNA Institute of Public Health at Jinnah Sindh Medical University.

The report titled “Easing Lockdown in Pakistan: Inevitable but Potentially Catastrophic” looks into the country’s response to Covid-19 and its implications in coming weeks and compares it with what has happened in other countries, particularly those which have successfully dealt with the situation.

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