In pictures: Pakistan battles increase in COVID-19 infections

Experts are saying numbers could rise to more than a million infections by next month. Health worker gets blood sample of a person during door-to-door testing and screening facility for the new coronavirus, in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Passengers wearing facemasks wait next to a public transport vehicle before leaving the sealed Karachi Company area in Islamabad. Pakistan's planning minister warned on June 14 that the number of coronavirus cases in the country could double by the end of June and peak at more than a million infections just a month later. Pakistan currently has confirmed nearly 140,000 cases of COVID-19, with the death toll approaching 2,700.

A woman wears a protective face shield and a protective face mask as she attends an event of mask distribution along a road, as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Karachi, Pakistan June 15, 2020.

A health official (top L) wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) takes a sample from a man sitting in a temporary cabin at a drive-through screening and testing facility for the COVID-19 coronavirus, alongside a street in Islamabad.

A health worker takes blood sample of a boy during door-to-door testing and screening facility for the coronavirus. Pakistan's coronavirus infections soared as the World Health Organization urged the government to impose a two-week lockdown to stem the relentless spike in new cases.

A worker sprays disinfectant outside a bank as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Karachi.

Members of Prime Minister Imran Khan's Corona Relief Tiger Force volunteers gather before starting a COVID-19 coronavirus awareness campaign at Raja bazar in Rawalpindi.

Motorists make their way in a traffic jam alongside a market in the Pakistan's port city of Karachi.

People buy groceries ahead of lockdown to help to contain the spread of coronavirus, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Capital administration is planning to seal few areas of Islamabad following the decision taken on the advice of the Health Department and epidemiologists after hundreds of cases were reported from these areas.

Governor of Sindh province, Imran Ismail talks with a shopkeeper as he delivers protective face masks at a stall along a road, as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease continues, in Karachi.

Youths play cricket in a market in Karachi On June 14, 2020. Pakistan on June 14 predicted that the number of coronavirus cases could more than double by the end of the month, as the country pledged to ramp up testing.

A family waring facemasks cross a street at a market area in Karachi . Pakistan has recorded more than 100,000 cases of coronavirus, health authorities said on June 8, as hospitals warned they are running out of beds to treat patients.