Milestone as Pakistan Ranks Third in Covid Global Normalcy Index

According to the international newspaper The Economist global normalcy index after covid-19, Pakistan has ensconced itself among the three countries rapidly progressing towards the pre-pandemic life.

The other top countries in the list are Hong Kong and New Zealand with index scores of 96.3 and 87.8 respectively.

Pakistan has secured the third position in the global normalcy index with a score of 84.4.

Meanwhile, China is in 19th position, the US is in 20th and India is in 48th in the index.

The Economist global normalcy index covers 50 countries that together make 90% of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 76% of the total population.

The aggregate index score is currently at 66 which had dived to 35 in April 2020.

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The placement of Pakistan, a developing nation, in the third position remarks the roaring success of the government with smart moves when the pandemic virus was at its crest.

The first measure step was the establishment of the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), the nerve center to synergize and articulate a unified national effort against covid-19.

The effective enforcement of lockdowns followed by a novel smart lockdown strategy helped to curtail the virus to a large extent and kept the wheel of the economy propelling.

The federal and provincial governments ensured the strict implementation of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) at public sites which helped stem soaring rate of the deadly virus.

Following this, the federal government took up the gauntlet to procure vaccines to kick off the mass vaccination drive despite meager resources.

Until today, some 3,360,490 people have been fully vaccinated across the country while 14,026,856 have received their first doses.

Pakistan has so crossed the 10 million-mark in vaccination for its population of over 250 million which is relatively low as around 90% population is still not immunized.

However, the government is endeavoring to procure vaccines from different manufacturers.

Meanwhile, the National Institute of Health (NIH) has also started preparing the covid-19 vaccine locally and it is expected to produce 3 million doses monthly from the current month.

Statistics 5 Jul 21:
Total Tests in Last 24 Hours: 45,245
Positive Cases: 1347
Positivity % : 2.97%
Deaths : 19

— NCOC (@OfficialNcoc) July 5, 2021

The test to positivity ratio has also plummeted in the country and only 1,347 people returned positive of 45,245 tests during the past 24 hours. Some 19 deaths were also recorded during the period.