Khan, Aasma
Nayeem, Ahmed
White, Nicole
Siddiqui, Ayesha
Hussaini, Arishay
,
Farooq, Ahmed
Mufti, Aisha Kulsoom
Altaf, Aneela
Rahatullah, Arsalan
Taqi, Arshad
Kumar, Ashok
Rehman, Attaur
Haidri, Fakhir Raza
Hussain, Iqbal
Malik, Irfan
Saleem, Jodat
Ali, Liaquat
Chaudhry, Mobin
Ashraf, Muhammad Sheharyar
Sheikh, Mohiuddin
Zia, Muhammad Ashraf
Asim, Muhammad
Rana, Muhammad Asim
Hayat, Muhammad
Khoso, Muhammad Nasir
Shaikh, Naseem Ali
Salahuddin, Nawal
Khan, Qurat-ul-Ain
Sikander, Rana Imran
Khan, Rashid Nasim
Rizvi, Saadiya
Rehman, Safdar
Babar, Sairah
Ali, Syed Muneeb
,
Rashan, Sumayyah
Kodippily, Chamira
Udayanga, Ishara
,
Hashmi, Madiha
Article History
Received: 8 March 2025
Accepted: 2 March 2026
First Online: 13 March 2026
Declarations
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: Ethical review and approval were obtained from the National Bioethics Committee of Pakistan. The study was awarded a waiver of consent by the “Research Ethics Committee” of “National Bioethics Committee“(Ref: No.4–87/NBC-470/COVID01-/20) and there is also international precedence from WHO and ISARIC that this type of observational and evaluative study does not require individual patient consent. This study complies with the principles set out in the Declaration of Helsinki and the Principles of Good Clinical Practice (ICH 1996).
: All authors have reviewed and approved the manuscript for publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.