Ali, Shaukat
Luxmi, Shobha
Anjum, Fatima
Muhaymin, Sheikh Muhammad
Uddin, Syed Muneeb
Ali, Ayesha
Ali, Mir Rashid
Tauheed, Sohaib
Khan, Mujtaba
Bajwa, Mohsin
Baig, Saif Ullah
Shalim, Elisha
Ahmed, Iqra
Khan, Abdul Samad
Quraishy, Saeed
Funding for this research was provided by:
Higher Education Comission Pakistan (20-RRG-134/RGM/R&D/HEC/2020/79)
Article History
Received: 13 October 2020
Accepted: 22 October 2020
First Online: 2 November 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The National Bioethics Committee, Pakistan approved this study protocol on 15<sup>th</sup> April, 2020 (Ref: NBC-477 COVID19-07) (ExternalRef removed). The authors declare that the trial has received ethical approval from the appropriate ethical committee, as described above. All participants sign informed consent by themselves or their legally authorized representatives to participate in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.