ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday reiterated its earlier point that given 25 percent of poor population of the country the lock-down can not be happened for the prevention of the global epidemic coronavirus.
In his second and brief address to nation just after few days the Premier said that precaution is only way to protect from the coronavirus.
The PM said that China had conducted the lock-down as it has second most rich nation of the world and it recovered from the deadly disease.
China has abundance in resources and system to take care and look after people for weeks, the PM said.
Regarding Pakistan he said that we have huge number of poor people and we don’t have resources and system to provide them 24/7 food for two weeks.
Pakistan not in a position to lock-down the country and just Pakistan has only weapon of a set of precautions that can be observed to protect from the coronavirus, the PM said.
The PM advised the persons having flu, cough and fever must self quarantine and avoid going to public and imply social distancing.
He said I would have gone for complete lockdown of the country had there was a similar situation in Pakistan like it had emerged in China and Italy.
He said we can come out of this challenging time by observing precautionary measures.
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