COVID-19 in Pakistan: Challenges and priorities

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Figure 1. Illustration of key coordination factors

Table 1. Effects of available lockdown options

Lockdown status	Social benefits				External Effects		Overall effectiveness
	Health	Economic	Education	Environment	± ve	- ve	Short	Medium	Long
Normal	-	+	-	-	±	-	±	±	±
Complete	+	-	-	+	±	-	+	-	±
Smart	+	±	±	+	+/o	0	+	+	+
Partial	+	+	+	+	+/o	0	+	+	+

Table 2. Assessment of available policy choices

Lockdown status	Social benefits							External Effects			Overall effectiveness
	Health		Economic		Education		Environment	± ve		- ve	Short		Medium		Long
Enhance health care system	+		+		+		+	+/0		0	+		+		+
Educational growth	+		+		+		+	+/0		0	+		+		+
Increase investment in food and hygienic items	+		+		+		+	+		0	+		+		+
Promote smart/tunnel farming	+		+		+		+	+		0	+		+		+
Subsidize transportation sector	-		+		+		-	-		-	+		+		+
Subsidies chemical industry	-		+		-		-	-		-	+		-		-
Removal subsidies on fossil fuel	+		±		+		+	+		0	+		+		+
Religious awareness	+		+		+		+	+		0	+		+		+