Imran emphasises need for reliable data to tackle Covid-19

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Decision-makers need accurate data for tackling the coronavirus situation, Prime Min­ister Imran Khan said at a meeting of the National Command and Operation Centre convened to review measures to cope with the disease during Ramazan.

“The prime minister was concerned over media reports that a few hundred people have died in just one hospital in Karachi over the last one week and a recent statement by the Edhi Welfare Trust that it has received more than 300 bodies over the last 15 days. So he ordered compilation of accurate data about Covid-19 patients and the number of deaths,” a participant told Dawn.

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