As Pak sees biggest Covid-19 spike, WHO suggest 'intermittent lockdown'

The virus is spreading fast but the government has refused a proposal by WHO to follow the "intermittent lockdown" policy of a two-week lockdown followed by two-week relaxation on an alternate basis

Pakistan has registered its highest single-day spike of coronavirus cases with over 5,000 infections in the last 24 hours, a day after the World Health Organisation urged the government to follow an "intermittent lockdown" policy to stem the spike in the disease.

According to the Ministry of National Health Services, 83 more Covid-19 patients died during the same period, taking the death toll to 2,255 and 5,387 new patients were detected in the last 24 hours.

A total of 36,308 patients have also recovered so far from the disease across the country, the ministry said.

Out of the total 113,702