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Impacts Of COVID-19 on Pakistan Economy

The 2019 Corona Virus pandemic proved that health is more important than defense and other security and economic measures for a state. . No one has ever thought that a viral disease can proved so fatal that it may nearly destroy world’s economy.  The pandemic taught us two things; what our health sector lacks and what steps we should take to cope with the pandemic and other similar diseases in the future.

COVID-19 Pandemic A Divine Curse Or Cure?

COVID 19 Exposed Health Disparities in Pakistan

COVID 19 exposed disparities within health care system of many countries including Pakistan. It exposed the lack of proper infrastructure of health care system and government inability to deal with the pandemic properly. In many third world countries patients were directed to quarantine themselves in home and do not visit hospitals to minimize burden on state’s health sector.

COVID-19 Pandemic Myths And Reality

The pandemic also highlighted the failure of government in many countries including United States of America, to educate public properly about the disease and to force them to follow SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures). According to Lawrence Larry Summers, former US treasury secretary and leading economist, America could have saved trillion dollars if it had handled Corona Virus pandemic as well as Pakistan had did. 

COVID 19 A Wake Up Call For Pakistani Researchers

Another important factor that the pandemic highlighted is the need of digital revolution of health care system. We lack both resources and tools to deal with deadly viral infections such as the COVID 19 properly.

COVID 19 And Looming Education Crisis

Over the past few decades a shift from health to defense sector by many countries of the world had been observed. Many countries such as USA, Russia and China had sliced the budget of their health care system and had shifted their focus towards the manufacturing of more deadly weapons. This had created a room for the birth of deadly viral disease which we faced in the shape of COVID 19.

Impacts of COVID-19 on Social Life in Pakistan

Corona virus pandemic opened our eyes. It taught us the following things.

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We should overcome disparities in our health sector to make our health care system more effective and affordable for every citizen. Our health system also needs digital revolution so that we could minimize the chance of pandemics in future.