The Lowy Institute, an independent policy think tank based in Australia, has ranked Pakistan at 69th place for its performance in containing the COVID-19 outbreak.
According to the Lowy Institute’s COVID-19 Performance Index, Pakistan (69) has fared better than Belgium (72), France (73), Turkey (74), Netherlands (75), Russia (76), Spain (78), Bangladesh (84), India (86), United States (94), Iran (95), Mexico (97), and Brazil (98).
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COVID-19 Performance Index consists of 98 countries. China, where the virus first emerged, was not included on the index because of a lack of publicly available data on testing.
Lowy Institute has compiled the COVID-19 Performance Index on the basis of the following indicators.
Here are the top 10 performers on the COVID-19 Performance Index:
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Here are the bottom 10 performers on the COVID-19 Performance Index.
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