Public Health | MCQs

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On 13-Dec-2021  Pakistan has confirmed its first case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, in Karachi, the country's National Institute of Health (NIH) 

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26 November 2021 WHO declared that the world was facing a new variant of concern: Omicron.

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National Institute of Health on 9th May 2022 said that the first case of the subvariant of COVID-19's Omicron variant has been confirmed in Pakistan.

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Smallpox was eradicated in Pakistan in 1980, along with the rest of the world, as declared by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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An epidemic is a disease that spreads over a large area.

It affecting a significant number of people or populations.

It is a widespread outbreak of a disease.

It often caused by infectious agents such as viruses, bacteria, or fungi.

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The Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) in Pakistan protects against eight vaccine-preventable diseases and immunizes children below 23 months of age.

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The influenza epidemic that swept the world in 1918 killed an estimated 50 million people.

One-fifth of the world's population was attacked by this deadly virus.

World War I claimed an estimated 16 million lives.

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"Pakistan's polio immunization campaign began in 1974, but eradication efforts officially started in 1994.

The country had the most polio cases worldwide in 2014."

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As of May 7, 2021, Karachi recorded about 189,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, comprising 22% of Pakistan's total.

Lahore, as of September 5, 2020, reported 170,000 cases, making up 19%.

Islamabad and Peshawar recorded 79,000 and 47,000 cases respectively

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Order: Let + object + be + third form of a verb

Suggestion: Object + should be + third form of a verb

Request: You are requested/advised to + first form of a verb + object.

Note: Please and kindly are not used in passive voice.