Pakistan has been ranked third for the riskiest countries in regard of Covid-19 in the world.
Pakistan has been ranked third for the riskiest countries in regard of Covid-19 in the world. With the day by day rise in the cases of Corona virus and a simultaneous lack of handling the situation with reason, Pakistan has been marked as the third nation for being the riskiest country when it comes to handling Covid-19 and its consequences. In a very recent report launched by the Deep Knowledge Group on nations and their safety against the pandemic, Pakistan stood on position 148th out of a total of 200 countries with a safety score of 370 where the highest score was 752.
The report comprised of a total of 250-page study which listed Switzerland as the safest country in the world for in terms of Corona virus, while South Sudan at the 200th position with a score of 300.
Among Pakistan’s neighboring countries, all but one were in the top 100, with China at the seventh position (717), India at the 56th (532), Iran at 73rd (505), and Afghanistan towards the end at the 196th position (310).
More interesting is that the United States (530) was left behind by Romania (531) at number 58 but managed to beat Russia, which came in at 61. And according to the Deep Knowledge Group study, the “analysis utilises a subset of 20 parameters from the full pool of 130 qualitative and quantitative parametres”.
The report made scores for respective countries on the basis of certain parametres. It monitored and evaluated factors such as quarantine efficiency, monitoring and detection, health readiness, and government efficiency.
The states and regions were grouped into four distinct tiers, of which Pakistan falls in the fourth one. “Tier 4 consists of territories in which significant data unavailability and reliability prevented a fully comprehensive analysis from being conducted,” the study said.
The fascinating thing to note here in the report is that it is not the countries that responded swiftly to the Corona virus pandemic that were listed highest but those that had the most resilient economies, with strong healthcare systems.
As Switzerland and Germany achieve the position 1st and position 2nd respectively in this new special case study specifically because of their economy’s resilience, and due to the careful ways in which they are attempting to relax lockdown and economic freezing mandates in a fact and science-based manner, without sacrificing public health and safety”.
The top 10 countries are as follows and the rest of the study include :Switzerland, Germany, Israel, Singapore, Japan, Austria, China, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea.