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| 12 February | National Action Plan (NAP) was presented by the Ministry of Health Pakistan in order to tackle the current COVID-19 outbreak across the country [19] |
| 23 February | Pakistan closed the Taftan border and banned all traveling concerns from Iran due to an increase in the number of cases reported in Iran [20] |
| 26 February | The first 2 corona cases were reported in Pakistan. Both cases recently came back from Iran [20] |
| 29 February | Two more corona cases were reported in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, making a total of 4 cases reported till date [21] |
| 2 March | Pakistan also closed the border with Afghanistan at Chaman due to reported cases in Afghanistan [22] |
| 4 March | Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) started preventive measures such as screening at Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore, and Peshawar airports, as many cases were reported in the neighboring countries of China [23] |
| 6 March | The first coronavirus patient was recovered successfully in Karachi and discharged to home [24] |
| 7 March | Pakistan reopened the Iran border at Taftan after a 14-day closure for the exchange of goods [25] |
| 9 March | Pakistan extended the closure of the border with Afghanistan for one more week due to an increase in reported corona cases in Karachi [24] |
| 11 March | More number of COVID-19 suspected cases were reported in different cities of Punjab but all were detected as negative [19] |
| 13 March | Educational institutes were closed till 5 April. All borders with Afghanistan, Iran, and China were closed for 2 more weeks, as well as suspending all international flights at Islamabad, Lahore, and Karachi due to an increase in reported cases [19, 26] |
| 17 March | Pakistan Cricket Board announced to postpone Pakistan Super League (PSL) due to an uncontrolled corona outbreak [27] |
| 20 March | The first death due to COVID-19 was reported in Sindh. The deceased was also suffering from diabetes and hypertension [28] |
| 21 March | Pakistan CAA suspended all national and international flights till 4 April to counter the outbreak effect [29] |
| 23 March | Lockdown across Pakistan was announced and all types of movement are banned. Only one family member was allowed to go out to buy food or medicines [30] |
| 27 March | A guard of honor was presented to all medical staff by military or police force for providing health-care services during COVID-19 outbreak [20] |
| 31 March | A 100 billion rupees relief package was approved to fulfill the needs of 12 million needy people. Each needy family will get 12000 rupees for 4 months as a mark of assistance [31] |
| 3 April | A total of 2708 cases were reported along with 5 deaths. About 18.5 million people lost their job due to the lockdown [32] |
| 6 April | Dr. Sania (Health Ministry release) said that a 30.5 million grant was received by the Government of Pakistan as public relief package [33] |
| 9 April | About 50 companies in Pakistan started manufacturing hand sanitizers according to the WHO guidelines [1] |
| 13 April | A 120-bed quarantine center was established in Pakistan. The ratio of male and female COVID-19 affected people was 74% and 26%, respectively. Likewise, 32% affectees were over 50 years of age while 36% were in younger age groups [19, 25] |
| 14 April | WHO provided 15 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machines and 15000 testing kits for assistance against COVID-19 [1] |
| 16 April | 58% corona infected cases were locally transmitted in Pakistan [30] |
| 21 April | 27% of cases were transmitted by religious mass gathering [25] |
| 24 April | The lockdown was further extended till 9 May due to an uncontrolled number of cases [34] |
| 7 May | 500 health-care workers got infected across the country. Mostly female health staff attending the patients in maternity wards were infected [32] |
| 9 May | Lockdown ended in Pakistan [20, 32] |
| 21 May | Total cases crossed 48000 with 1017 deaths and 14155 recovered cases. Pakistan could test up to 25000 cases per day [35] |
| 29 May | About 900 children under 10 years of age have been infected in Sindh but mostly were asymptomatic [36] |
| 30 May | A total of 69496 cases were reported in Pakistan. They include 42742 active cases, 1483 deaths, and 25271 recovered cases [32] |
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