• Tauseef Ahmad, HaroonHaroon, M.Phil. College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xian, China., Mukhtiar Baig, and Jin Hui.
• Tauseef Ahmad, M.Phil. Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China, Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China.
• Pak J Med Sci. 2020 May 1; 36 (COVID19-S4): S73-S78.

AbstractIn less than two decades, the world has experienced three outbreaks of deadly Coronaviruses, including the recent pandemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China. COVID-19 posed an emergency of international concerns, and cases have been reported in more than 200 countries/regions that resulted in health, lives, and economic losses. China's economic growth is projected to fall to 5.6% this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected that policy investment and tax policies to implement $3.3 trillion and contributes further $4.5 trillion. IMF forecasts grow from 3.7% of global gross domestic product (GDP) in 2019 to 9.9% in 2020. GDP ratio projected from 3.0% in 2019 to grow 10.7% in 2020, the US ratio expected to increase from 5.8% to 15.7%. France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom (UK) each reported public sector funding programs totalling > 10% of their yearly GDP. There is a dire need for regional and international co-operation to extend hands to prevent further spreading of COVID-19.Copyright: © Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences.

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