COVID-19 | MCQs

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On 13-Dec-2021  Pakistan has confirmed its first case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, in Karachi, the country's National Institute of Health (NIH) 

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26 November 2021 WHO declared that the world was facing a new variant of concern: Omicron.

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Riaz died on 23 March 2020, from COVID-19 complications at the age of 26.

Riaz was the first Pakistani doctor to die from the virus.

On 27 March 2020, he was posthumously awarded the Nishan-e-Kashmir, the highest award of the state, by Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir for his services.

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As of May 7, 2021, Karachi recorded about 189,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, comprising 22% of Pakistan's total.

Lahore, as of September 5, 2020, reported 170,000 cases, making up 19%.

Islamabad and Peshawar recorded 79,000 and 47,000 cases respectively

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Exactly two years after placing coronavirus-related restrictions, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on March 16, 2022 announced normalisation, as Covid-19 settled after infecting over 1.5 million people and taking 30,317 lives.

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 Pakistan was among the first countries in the world to institute widespread school closures as a result of Coronavirus 2019

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The main US health agency continues to place Pakistan among the countries where the chances of catching Covid-19 are low. In its latest update on the pandemic, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) placed Pakistan in level-1, which is its lowest category for getting infected by a disease.

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Pakistan to get $ 1.5 billion international aid to tackle coronavirus outbreak.

This bill included $1.5 billion in annual assistance to Pakistan from 2009 through 2014

but required the Pakistani government to take certain steps to fight terrorism within the country in order to receive the funds

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Pakistan Muslim Leage Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President & daughter of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz tested positive for Covid-19 on 16 July 2022.

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The World Economic Forum (WEF) announced November 25 as ‘Pakistan Strategy Day’ to commemorate the country's “successful policies against Covid-19.