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authors: Ahmad, Tauseef; Khan, Muhammad; Khan, Fazal Mehmood; Hui, Jin
title: Are we ready for the new fatal Coronavirus: scenario of Pakistan?
date: 2020-02-12
journal: Hum Vaccin Immunother
DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2020.1724000
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doc_id: 852451
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In recent days, a novel Coronavirus 

Pakistan, is the most affected countries, has experienced many diseases outbreaks and other disasters. Geographically and politically China and Pakistan are closely connected as shown Figure 3 . A large number of Chinese people are working in Pakistan on different developmental projects (China Pakistan Economic Corridor, Dams, Gawdar Port), and on the other hand many Pakistanis are residing in China carrying out their studies, business and jobs. The outbreak of coronavirus has appeared during the peak travel time when the Chinese from Pakistan and around the world are traveling to China, while the Pakistani community, especially students, are traveling back to Pakistan due to winter break. One of such case has been reported on 24 January 2020 after a person traveled from China to Pakistan on 21 January 2020 via Dubai and was diagnosed for 2019-nCoV on 24 January. 3 However, the case was not notified officially by the government of Pakistan. In the depicted situation, the future is very alarming. After the ending of Chinese New Year celebrations, the Chinese will travel back to their jobs abroad, which may result in an outbreak of the fatal virus infection in Pakistan and other countries.

The question is, does Pakistan prepared for any 2019-nCoV cases or outbreak?

In light of the published literature, in Pakistan, many diseases are prevalent including endemic and epidemic diseases, emerging infections, and an increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases. 4 Although the National Health Institute (NIH) in the Ministry of Health Pakistan has issued warnings to be conscious of the 2019-nCoV, resource-limited countries are not as active and well-prepared to control any trauma associated with the new deadly 2019-nCoV. If new cases are not diagnosed and treated on time, this may result in a crisis by increasing the number of new cases and the death toll in countries like Pakistan. There clearly is a pressing need to develop an effective 2019-nCoV vaccine as soon as possible.

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors. 

National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China

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