Pakistan: Situation Report as of 7th May 2020
Pakistan: Situation Report as of 7th May 2020
Highlights
- The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Pakistan has risen to 24,082 as of 07 May. Increase of 1,532new cases in the last 24 hours.
- The most affected province due to COVID-19 virus is Punjab 9,077, followed by Sindh 8,640.
- The Balochistan government has asked the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to provide more ventilators as the number of coronavirus cases is rising fast in the province.
- To augment Pakistan’s locust-control efforts, The Government of Turkey has offered its expertise to the government of Pakistan.
- As per UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Pakistan is under threat of an intense second-wave invasion of desert locusts if control measures fail to contain the upsurge of insects within the breeding regions in the west of the country.
- According to UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report if not properly controlled the locust infestation may cause a loss of Rs600 billion to Pakistani economy.
- Percentage of deaths are 2% (38) against the total confirmed cases (1532) in the last 24 hours.