ISLAMABAD – Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr. Zafar Mirzahas expressed optimism that number of persons recovering from coronavirusin the country will increase in the coming days.
Giving a media briefing along with Special Assistant on National SecurityDivision Dr. Moeed Yusuf and Chairman NDMA Lt. Gen. Muhammad Afzal inIslamabad on Monday, he said confirmed cases reported in Pakistan duringthe past 24 hours are 99, which are lesser than the cases reported inprevious 24 hours.
Chairman NDMA said seven machines in cooperation with National Institute ofHealth have been provided to various hospitals of the country. He saidtesting facilities will soon be available in Gujrat and Bahawalpur whileevaluation of laboratories in Sargodha is being carried out. He said Sindhgovernment was given 20,000 testing kits while Punjab 5,000 kits today.
He said four to five flights will go to China in a few days to pick upventilators, personal protection equipment and other essential medicalsupplies.
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Special Assistant on National Security Division Dr. Moeed Yusuf saidgovernment is working on various options regarding transportation in thecountry. However, no decision up to now has been made on restartingpassenger operation of Pakistan Railways.
He said airports will be gradually reopened next month after taking intoview all outcomes. He said all Pakistanis have been brought back or theirvisas arranged with the host governments.
