Pakistan-s top health official on Wednesday asserted that the government is following a "holistic" strategy to deal with the COVID-19 threat as he ruled out adopting the WHO-s recommendation of implementing a two-week strict lockdown, intermittently, to stem the exponential spike in the new Coronavirus cases.

Pakistan on Tuesday registered its highest single-day spike of cases with 5,387 new infections, taking the total tally to 1,13,702. The deadly virus has so far claimed 2,255 lives. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza said the government is "conscious" of the disease spread and mortality and has put in place "a very robust" national coordinating and decision-making mechanism.