CRISIS BUDGETING DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
The latest update is that COVID-19 is now firmly entrenched within every nook and cranny of the developing world. Pakistan is now ranking consistently among the top countries (in terms of new cases). Another important trend of late has become easing lockdowns compared to...
Poor at risk in India’s blindfolded fight against Covid-19
India reported its first case of Covid-19 disease on January 30, 2020. The disease was diagnosed in a patient in Kerala State, who had returned from Wuhan (China).
The initial response of the authorities was casual, treating the emerging outbreak as something limited to those...
Bangladesh: Trailing Behind the Virus
Bangladesh, one of the world's most densely-populated countries, officially reported its first Covid-19 case on March 8, 2020. The first death because of the pandemic occurred on March 18, 2020. The viral infection had, by March 31, 2020, infected 51 individuals and claimed 5...
The Politics of Scapegoating Zaireen for Covid-19
Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) started in Wuhan (China) in December 2019/January 2020 and rapidly spread to other countries. All countries sharing borders with Pakistan had reported the presence of the deadly infectious disease by the last week of February 2020.
The outbreak of the disease in...
Bhutan in control so far
Bhutan reported its first Covid-19 case on March 5, 2020 when an American tourist tested positive for the disease. By March 31, 2020 there were five cases, but no deaths due to the infection. All cases were imported cases and till the end of...
Covid-19 increases pressures on Sri Lanka
Covid-19 is spreading rapidly in Sri Lanka much like other countries of the world. Initially, Sri Lankan government didn’t take any serious measures against the disease considering their warm climate as a natural protection against Covid-19. However, as the number of confirmed cases rose...
Covid 19 remains an imported disease in Maldives
Maldives’ first Covid-19 cases emerged on March 7, 2020 when two migrant workers contracted the infection from an Italian tourist, who tested positive after returning to Italy.
By March 31, the remote Indian Ocean nation had 19 confirmed cases of the disease – three of...
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