Medical workers in protective suits tend to coronavirus patients at the intensive care unit of a hospital in Wuhan, China.
Coronavirus pandemic has resulted in over 127,000 deaths worldwide with Pakistan reporting 113 casualties from COVID-19.
Right from the day the first case was reported in the country, the experts had been claiming that the number of cases was being severely underreported. Lack of testing and reporting across the country isn’t helping either and thus the data that is being shared with the public isn’t accurate.
In a shocking revelation, Chief Minister Sindh, Syed Murad Ali Shah, has said that the number of mysterious deaths in the province has increased significantly. To add to it, most of the cases exhibited COVID-19 symptoms before death.
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Advisor to CM Sindh, Murtaza Wahab, has further said that deceased people are being brought to hospitals in Karachi, which underlines the fact that the lack of testing and reporting has resulted in a far more complex situation than anyone had anticipated.
CM Sindh has said that there have been 220 deaths between 31st March and 14th April in Jinnah Hospital Karachi alone and that the chest X-rays and the condition of lungs are similar to those of coronavirus patients. Out of these patients, 121 were brought to the hospital in dead condition whereas 99 lost their lives in hospital.
He refrained from saying that the deaths had resulted from the novel coronavirus, however, he didn’t write off the possibility. The deceased people haven’t been tested for coronavirus, which means that these deaths will not be added to the overall tally of COVID-19 in Pakistan, raising plenty of eyebrows.
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The Edhi Foundation has also revealed that the number of dead bodies being transported is alarmingly high. Faisal Edhi has said that the foundation used to transport 80-100 dead bodies in a month, however, they have now shifted 400 deceased in the last 13 days alone. He also revealed that just like Karachi, the number of cases and deaths in Islamabad don’t add up.
According to the experts, underdeveloped and developing countries like Pakistan and India are employing the same tactics i.e. don’t test, don’t report; avoid panic and resume economic activities. Poor countries don’t have a choice. Let thousands die or let the whole country die.
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