ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan said in his Tweets “I want to informthe nation I am personally overseeing measures to deal with COVID 19 & willaddress the nation soon.”
The Premier also advised people to follow safety instructions issued by ourgovt, “there is a need for caution there is no need for panic,” he added
He further wrote “We are alert to the dangers & have put in placesufficient protocols for the safety and health of our people. The WHO hascommended our efforts as being amongst the best in the world.”
It is to be noted that World Health Organisation (WHO) has termedPakistan’s measures against novel coronavirus (Covid-19) threat as ‘timely’and the ‘best national response’.
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WHO’s country representative in Pakistan, Dr Palitha Gunarathna Mahipala,said “Pakistan has timely come up with one of the world’s best NationalResponse Programmes against COVID-19 and it is being implemented veryeffectively. Authorities are doing their job and now it is theresponsibility of the people to follow the instructions and take preventiveand precautionary measures to avoid contracting the viral disease.”
The WHO Chief visited Karachi to assess the provincial government’sresponse to the coronavirus and to inspect isolation units set up invarious hospitals.
