Official publication of Rawalpindi Medical University
Factors Leading to an Unexpected Early Control of Covid-19 in Pakistan
PDF

How to Cite

1.
Sarwat Jahan, Abdus Salam, Farrukh Ansar, Manzoor Khan, Syed Irfab Ullah, Sonia Javed SJASFAMKSIUSJ. Factors Leading to an Unexpected Early Control of Covid-19 in Pakistan. JRMC [Internet]. 2022 Sep. 30 [cited 2024 Nov. 7];26(3). Available from: http://journalrmc.com/index.php/JRMC/article/view/1826

Abstract

Introduction

Different types of planning and strategies have been formulated following the up rise of Covid-19 in an attempt to limit the spread and to minimize both the crisis but the situation is still getting worse even in the developed states. Unexpectedly the rate of rise of Covid-19 declined after June 2020 in Pakistan and the slope decreased to 8,884 active cases out of 313,984 confirmed cases till September 2020. In addition to this unexpected decline, number of covid-19 related deaths. The fall in the covid-19 was unforeseen in this area and it led to the curiosity regarding the factors that were responsible for this scenario

Methodology

A country based research project was carried out in the Northwest School of Medicine for a period of 6 months. A sample group of 877 individuals of both the genders, age range from 15 to 80 years, belonging to various occupations, educational and socioeconomic backgrounds were included. Questionnaire on probable responsible factors for early control and shared with the participants.

Results

Most of the participants had an adequate level of knowledge and positive attitude towards Covid-19. The most prominent factor identified was the lack of stress and optimistic attitude.

Conclusion

 The optimistic attitude and low stress levels not only decreased the disease spread but also reduced its morbidity level.

Key words; Covid-19, unexpected control, morbidity, factors

https://doi.org/10.37939/jrmc.v26i3.1826
PDF
Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Copyright (c) 1 Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College