LAHORE – Prime Minister Imran Khan and Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Wednesday reached Dera Ghazi Khan to supervise the quarantine amenities the place pilgrims getting back from Taftan border have been being saved.
The prime minister was briefed on the measures taken to stop the novel coronavirus from spreading, in addition to the amenities offered to the individuals who had been quarantined. The prime minister additionally visited the central command room established to supervise the scenario. He additionally met the folks in quarantine and inquired after their well being.
Particular Assistant to PM on Well being Dr Zafar Mirza, Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar, and Chairman NDMA additionally accompanied the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister was additionally briefed about arrival of pilgrims and steps taken for his or her screening to examine coronavirus, residence, meals, and ingesting amenities on the Command and Management Room in Dera Ghazi Khan.
Reportedly, the folks being saved on the middle expressed satisfaction on the arrival of the Prime Minister and over the amenities being offered to them.
In the meantime, the coronavirus circumstances in Pakistan surged to 254 as 181 sufferers have been examined optimistic for the epidemic in Sindh, 33 in Punjab, 19 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 16 in Balochistan, 4 in Islamabad and three in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Sindh authorities spokesman and advisor on regulation and surroundings Barrister Murtaza Wahab on Wednesday mentioned that the variety of coronavirus circumstances in Sindh has escalated to 181 whereas two sufferers have been discharged from the hospital after full restoration.
A day earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan in his handle to the nation urged to make use of precautionary measures to keep away from contracting the coronavirus and mentioned that the nation should assist the federal government in its combat towards the pandemic. The Prime Minister mentioned that authorities was monitoring world measures to regulate the epidemic and the scenario in Pakistan was not as dangerous as in Europe, had cities been locked down in Pakistan, folks would’ve died of hunger.