HASSAN: Pakistan’s particular second wave challenge
2021/01/09 Leave a comment
Given Pakistan one of our top five immigration source countries, of interest, with similarities with some of the fringes in Western countries:
Pakistan’s management of the pandemic was initially lauded even by the World Health Organization. Not so, the second wave.
The latest outbreaks have wrought havoc across the world, and Pakistan is no exception. COVID-19 appears to be spreading rapidly in many parts of the country. The rest of the world is beginning to see the hope of ending the pandemic in the development of various vaccines.
But Pakistan poses a special challenge toward fighting the pandemic within its borders. According to Younis Dar, Pakistan’s situation is “far more dangerous” as a significant number of Pakistanis refuse to embrace the idea of inoculation because of rampant suspicion against the vaccines.