Geneva: World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General (DG) Dr Tedros Adhanom has listed Pakistan among the countries that the world can learn from to tackle future pandemics — a news source reported on September 11.
Pakistan, despite its limited health infrastructure, managed to limit the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic at a time when several more developed countries around the world were struggling to do the same. The seven countries included in the said list are Pakistan, Italy, Thailand, Mongolia, Mauritius and Uruguay.
While speaking at a press briefing, the WHO DG stated that Pakistan had used the infrastructure it had developed to fight the spread of polio to tackle the ongoing pandemic — with the country using contact tracing and monitoring for this purpose.
The other countries listed also took strong and immediate actions following the coronavirus outbreak.
Praising all the seven countries selected, DG Adhanom further recommended each nation to invest in their public health infrastructure, as a foundation of social, economic and political stability.
