Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced that the government is slowly easing the lockdown imposed to curtail coronavirus spread because it lacks adequate resources to withstand economic losses for a longer period of time.
“The number of cases and fatalities will increase now… it is up to you people to take preventive measures and ensure standard operating procedures to reduce burden on the healthcare system,” he said while addressing a televised news conference after chairing a meeting of National Coordination Committee (NCC) in Islamabad on Monday.
“We imposed the lockdown when 26 coronavirus cases were detected in the country,” he said.
“I was very clear-minded from the very first day since the virus outbreak that the situation of Pakistan is very different from China and Europe and hence strict lockdown cannot be imposed here,” he maintained.
“People living in DHA and other upscale neigbourhoods see lockdown from different perspective from the people living in slum areas,” said the premier.
“I as a prime minister I was looking through these two perspectives that we had to stop the spread of virus while considering the needs of the marginalised segment of the society.
“This coronavirus is not going anywhere and we will have to live with it while striking a balance between poverty and lockdown.”
The return to normal life without taking any preventive measures against the virus may have dire repercussions, the prime minister added.
PM Imran said people are dying from lockdown in India and the virus is also spreading in the neighboring country.
“We are planning to open the tourism sector but high risk sectors will continue to remain closed,” he said.
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