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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed Pakistan among sevencountries that it says the world can learn from to fight future pandemics.

Pakistan has successfully flattened the coronavirus curve despite itsdilapidated health infrastructure while the deadly contagion is spreadinguncontrollably in many developed countries of the world.

Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, hassickened 27.5 million people on the entire planet earth – except forAntarctica – and killed over 900,000 people since its outbreak in December,last year.

According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), WHO Director General Dr TedrosAdhanom Ghebreyesus, while speaking at the media briefing, highlightedseven countrieslink,amongst many, whose preparation and response offer lessons for the rest ofthe world in how to deal with a global pandemic. These countries includePakistan, Italy, Thailand, Mongolia, Mauritius and Uruguay.

“Pakistan has used the infrastructure it developed in its fight againstpolio to tackle Covid-19,” said the director general. “Community healthworkers, previously used to vaccinate children for polio, have beenredeployed for contact tracing and monitoring.”