{"id":65262,"date":"2020-05-09T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T05:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=65262"},"modified":"2020-05-08T16:02:12","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T11:02:12","slug":"govt-expects-covid-19-cases-to-peak-by-months-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-expects-covid-19-cases-to-peak-by-months-end.html","title":{"rendered":"Govt expects COVID-19 cases to peak by month&#8217;s end"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the government expects the number of local COVID-19 cases to peak by the end of this month (May) or early next month (June); for which it is formulating new policies accordingly, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbr-mulls-over-imposing-super-corona-tax-on-rich.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FBR mulls over imposing Super Corona Tax on rich to fight pandemic\u2019s economic impact<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Qureshi was chairing a meeting with the Pakistani community residing in Saudi Arabia through a video link. He said that the government cannot continue indefinitely with the ongoing lockdown because no one can predict how long it will last. A session of the National Assembly has also been convened to discuss coronavirus situation, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minster explained that currently the government\u2019s policies are dictated by stopping the spread of the COVID-19 cases while keeping the economy running \u2013 which is why a complete lockdown cannot persist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"http:\/\/COVID-19: Govt to identify pandemic hotspots to impose \u2018smart lockdown\u2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID-19: Govt to identify pandemic hotspots to impose \u2018smart lockdown\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, he said that nearly 3.8 million people have been infected by the coronavirus contagion across the globe. In Pakistan that number is 22,000 \u2013 of which 500 have lost their lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the government expects the number of local COVID-19 cases to peak by the end of this month (May) or early next month (June); for which it is formulating new policies accordingly, a news source reported. Read: FBR mulls over imposing Super Corona Tax on rich to fight pandemic\u2019s economic impact Qureshi was chairing a meeting with the Pakistani community residing in Saudi Arabia through a video link. He said that the government cannot continue indefinitely with the ongoing lockdown because no one can predict how long it will last. A session of the National Assembly has also been convened to discuss coronavirus situation, he said. The minster explained that currently the government\u2019s policies are dictated by stopping the spread of the COVID-19 cases while keeping the economy running \u2013 which is why a complete lockdown cannot persist. Read: COVID-19: Govt to identify pandemic hotspots to impose \u2018smart lockdown\u2019 Furthermore, he said that nearly 3.8 million people have been infected by the coronavirus contagion across the globe. 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