Outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan and the current scenario

Abstract

The current pandemic of COVID-19 was first observed in the Wuhan city of China in December 2019, which later appeared worldwide. World Health Organization (WHO) declares coronavirus pandemic as an international issue of a public health emergency worldwide. On 11 February 2020, WHO named this virus as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Different effective preventive measures were implemented to control the transmission of COVID-19. After the COVID- 19 pandemic outbreak in Pakistan, the government designed other effective protocols to fight against this zoonotic disease. This review highlighted the COVID-19 outbreak prevalence in Pakistan with their current scenario and the government response to combat the disease.