Is Pakistan prepared to tackle the coronavirus epidemic?

Muhammad Saqlain1, Muhammad Muddasir Munir2, Aziza Ahmed3, Azhar Hussain Tahir1, Sohail Kamran1
1Department of Pharmacy, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad 45320, Pakistan
2Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
3School of Pharmacy, Monash University, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

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