“We don’t want to lead people to death due to hunger, while saving them from coronavirus,” Khan told journalists in November. By official figures, Pakistan is weathering the coronavirus better than the United States, Europe and neighboring India. Health experts cite ineffective government limits on personal contact and widespread doubts, often fueled by conspiracy theories, that COVID-19 poses a threat. A survey conducted in October by Gallup Pakistan showed that 55 percent of respondents in Pakistan doubted that the virus was real and 46 percent believed it was a conspiracy. Private schools for Pakistan’s tiny elite have resumed online classes, but most schoolchildren lack computers, internet connections or even electricity.

Source: bd News24 December 19, 2020 17:15 UTC