*Karachi – India lags far behind Pakistan among countries that have handledthe coronavirus pandemic most effectively, as per a Covid ResilienceRanking issued by Bloomberg.*

As per a survey published in *The Print*link,India has been ranked 34th among 53 countries in the world while Pakistanstood at 27th position. The survey gives India a resilience score of 58.1while Pakistan has a score of 61.7.

New Zealand has been rated as top performing country related to COVID-19resilience with a score of 85.4. The survey placed Bangladesh at 24thposition with a score of 64.2.

India is also placed below other Asian countries such as Singapore, HongKong, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. In all, 12 Asian countries havescored better than India in handling the coronavirus pandemic.

The report compiled by Bloomberg took into consideration the fact thatwhere the virus was handled most effectively with the least amount ofdisruption to business and society.

A survey of 53 economies of over 200 billion dollars on some key metricssuch as growth in virus cases to overall mortality rates, testingcapabilities and vaccine supply agreements, capacity of local healthcaresystems, the impact of lockdowns on these economies, and citizens’ freedomof movement.

The report maintained that India sees 93 cases per 0.1 million people in amonth while the country’s fatality rate has been 1.2 percent.

The survey revealed that Pakistan performed better due to its “relativeremoteness” and younger average population that has kept the overallmortality rates down.