Pakistan battle against Covid-19 to enter most critical moment in Ramazan: Chinese researcher
Prime Minister Imran Khan warned that the number of cases may rise by mid-May.
BEIJING (APP) - Pakistan battle against the new coronavirus pandemic will enter the most critical moment during the upcoming holy month of Ramazan, Zhou Rong, a senior researcher at Chongyang Institute of Finance at Renmin University of China said on Thursday.
A few days ago, at the request of the religious figures, the Pakistani government decided to allow prayers in mosques during Ramazan, which will last for a month. Some people in Pakistan’s epidemic prevention and public health community are very worried about this.
First, if everyone is allowed to worship in the mosque especially the Grand Mosque, it may make people less vigilant about the new pneumonia epidemic; second, the prayer time may be difficult to control, especially continuous prayers from afternoon to night; third long-term close-range (possibly less than one meter safe distance) human-to-human contact can cause the virus to spread quickly, Zhou Rong, also a senior consultant at Beijing Zhongan Huadun Consulting Service said in his article.
Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Secretary-General Dr. Kasir Sajad said, “The association is worried about the situation. We are worried that the number of cases will rise because of large-scale collective prayers. We can only hope that the people abide by preventive measures.” Prime Minister Imran Khan warned that the number of cases may rise by mid-May.
