Statistics of diseases outbreak much higher than Covid-19, expert.

KARACHI -- The statistics of other diseases outbreak in the history are much higher than the current situation of the Novel Coronavirus. These views were expressed by the Director General Dr. A. Khan Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (KIBGE), University of Karachi, Professor Dr Abid Azhar. The KIBGE in collaboration with Pakistan Biological Safety Association (PBSA) has organized the awareness training seminar on Coronavirus for the students, faculty members, technical and supporting staff of the Institute at the Jinnah Auditorium KIBGE KU. He said so far, more than 3, 800 people have died due to the Covid-19 whereas more than 62, 397 affected persons have been reportedly recovered from the disease.

To date, approximately 10,00,000 people have died from influenza,Cholera has claimed around 800,000 lives, Plague has killed more or less 50,00,000 persons while 40,00,000 lost their lives due to HIV/AIDS.As many as 1.2 million to 1.3 million people lost their lives in traffic related accidents in a year. Meanwhile, every year 88,00,000 deaths are reported from cardiac disorders around the world, 62,00,000 from strokes, 30,00,000 to 32,00,000 from lower respiratory infection and pulmonary diseases, 17,00,000 from lung cancer, 15,00,000 to 16,00,000 from diabetes and Alzheimer's whereas 14,00,000...