As the latest increase in cases of Covid-19 appear to be dropping and vaccines, which are key to us and the world to get through the acute stage of this pandemic, continue to be rolled out across.
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Lahore
January 1, 2021
This is the first part of a series of articles documenting Punjab’s response to the corona pandemic. It provides a succinct summary of key developments during the course of the pandemic.
The start of the year 2021 marks one year since the world officially acknowledged the existence of mysterious disease later identified as COVID-19. The virus, later named as SARS-COV2, went on to infect 83 million and kill more than 1.79 million people around the world. It devastated the world economy beyond estimates. Most cosmopolitans are under lockdowns, restrictions and curfews, yet hope allures in the form of new vaccines and treatments. Meanwhile, our battle with the ever-mutating virus continues amid emergence of its fresh variants.
2020, the year everything changed: a timeline
A timeline of Covid-19 events in Pakistan
December 19, 2020
To say that the novel coronavirus has changed the world would be an understatement. Since the virus first appeared in China’s Wuhan city on November 17, 2019, it has been exactly 397 days. The longest 397 days ever.
In a matter of days, the entire world went into complete chaos as clusters of cases emerged all over the world.
In a matter of weeks, pressure on the healthcare sector mounted as hospital wards began overflowing with patients experiencing symptoms of the coronavirus.
In a matter of months, the entire world went into complete lockdown and businesses were forced to shut down.