“2,200 of these ventilators are in public sector hospitals while the rest are with the private sector. Around 500 more ventilators will arrive in Pakistan by April 9,” NDMA Chairman Lt Gen Mohammad Afzal told the parliamentary committee on COVID-19 monitoring at its first meeting on Monday. Qureshi urges joint efforts against virus from SCO platformThe NDMA chairman said in view of the pandemic, 2,000 additional ventilators would be acquired from China. He said 29,000 medical kits had been provided to the provinces for the medical staff fighting the contagious flu-like disease. The meeting was attended by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Federal Minister for Information Technology Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Federal Minister for Housing Tariq Bashir Cheema and Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid among others.

Source: The Express Tribune April 06, 2020 17:26 UTC