KARACHI: Terming Pakistan’s measures against novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak as “timely” and the “best national response”, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged the government to continue to keep a vigilant eye on new cases and expand testing facilities to various public sector hospitals. He also said that adopting coughing etiquette was also very important as it would prevent spreading the virus to others. The WHO official was in the city to assess the provincial government’s response to the virus and to inspect isolation units set up in various hospitals. The government gave a timely response to the virus, he said and observed the standard operating procedures (SOPs) are being implemented very effectively. Authorities are doing their job and now it is the responsibility of the people to follow the instructions to avoid contracting the viral disease, Dr Mahipala said.

Source: Pakistan Today March 15, 2020 10:18 UTC