NEW DELHI, may 4 – RIA Novosti. The Minister of planning and development of Pakistan Asad Umar called for the phase introduced because of the coronavirus restrictions to prevent the economic crisis, reports the newspaper Dawn.
Umar noted that a number of European countries, despite thousands of deaths from the coronavirus, decided to weaken the insulation.
“We also need to do the same, since people started to ask what would happen if the disease generally is not under control. Gallup poll: Pakistanis are more likely to suffer because of unemployment. We must increase employment opportunities and to ensure that the health system did not collapse”, he said.
Umar said that according to experts and analytical centers, as a result of a pandemic of mers to 18 million people could lose their jobs, and up to 70 million people could be poor.
the Minister added that the issue of isolation will be discussed at the meeting of the National coordinating Committee for COVID-19, scheduled for may 9.
According to the latest reports, the Pakistan coronavirus sick of 20.1 thousand men, recovered to 5.1 thousand people died in 459.
the world health organization on 11 March announced the outbreak of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 pandemic. According to the latest who data, there have been recorded more than 3.3 million cases of infection, about 240 thousand people died.
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