Mini Review
Covid-19 : A Pandemic Situation in Pakistan
Saima Mazhar1 and Farzeen Tanwir2*
1Senior Registrar, Department of Periodontology, Bahria University Dental College, Pakistan
2Professor and HOD-Periodontology, Bahria University Dental College, Pakistan
Farzeen Tanwir, Professor and HOD-Periodontology, Bahria University Dental College, Pakistan.
Received Date: November 12, 2021; Published Date: December 01, 2021
Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan is an element of the continuing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV- 2) [1]. The virus was confirmed to own reached Pakistan on 26 February 2020, when two cases were recorded (a student in Karachi who had just returned from Iran and another person within the Islamabad Capital Territory) [2]. On 18 March 2020, cases had been registered altogether four provinces, the 2 autonomous territories, and Islamabad Capital Territory, [3] and by 17 June, each district in Pakistan had recorded a minimum of one confirmed case of COVID-19. On 12 January 2020, the globe Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a completely unique coronavirus was the reason for a respiratory disease during a cluster of individuals in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019 [4, 5].
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Saima Mazhar, Farzeen Tanwir. Covid-19 : A Pandemic Situation in Pakistan. On J Dent & Oral Health. 5(2): 2021. OJDOH. MS.ID.000608.