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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.

Explanation

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.