Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Saturday that his government took timely action, including an early lockdown, to contain the spread of coronavirus, even as the country reported 622 fresh cases taking the total number of COVID-19 patients to 7,638.
“The government enforced a lockdown in March when there were only a few cases. We also started screening people at airports and pilgrims returning through land borders,” Khan said while addressing the media in Islamabad.
He, however, warned that numbers could increase by the middle of next month to pose a challenge for the Government.
“Our initial projections said that we would have 50,000 cases by April 25. Thankfully that’s not the case. Our new projections suggest that we will have 12,000 to 15,000 coronavirus patients.
The pressure we expected earlier can now be felt next month,” Khan said.