President Alvi urges citizens to follow safety precautions

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has urged the citizens to continue following precautions to limit the spread of novel coronavirus.

In a tweet, the president shared a survey report published in the British weekly The Economist showing that Pakistanis were the highest believers in the world that COVID-19 was not being spread deliberately.

According to the survey conducted in March this year, around 72 percent of the Pakistani samples believed that no foreign force was spreading the virus deliberately rather it was something that emerged naturally.

If you see dark blue 'No' column in survey below it shows Pakistanis were highest believers in the world that Coronavirus is not being deliberately spread. If we believe in reality, we must believe & implement SOPs. Wear masks, wash hands & keep social distance. Every one of us. pic.twitter.com/8I3RS4yuQg

— Dr. Arif Alvi (@ArifAlvi) June 6, 2020

Only 23 percent believed in the deliberate spread of the COVID-19. The survey was conducted in 28 countries from all the world regions including Switzerland, Germany, UK, the USA, Japan, India, Malaysia, Russia, France, Italy, Korea, Turkey and others.

“If we believe in reality, we must believe (and) implement SOPs. Wear masks, wash hands (and) keep a social distance. Every one of us,” the president advised.