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PESHAWAR: The province on Saturday reported eight new confirmed instances of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) after which the toll climbed to 188.
In a televised video message, the Adviser to chief minister on Info and Public Relations Ajmal Wazir stated the toll of suspected Covid-19 instances in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa) has reached to 894.
A senior police officer in Mardan district–SP Operations Waqar Azeem–has additionally examined optimistic for the Covid-19. Azeem was deputed in Manga Union Council in Mardan after the loss of life of the nation’s first coronavirus affected person within the space.
Following this, the provincial authorities determined to carryout coronavirus assessments of all police officers offering safety on the quarantine centres and securing different locations the place confirmed instances have been reported.
The adviser stated the aid package deal authorised by the provincial cupboard could be spent on folks hit essentially the most by the coronavirus pandemic.
Wazir stated underneath the federal authorities aid package deal Rs3, 000 w0uld be given to deserving folks of the province whereas the provincial cupboard has additionally authorised tax exemption price Rs5 billion to companies group and Rs8 billion tax exemption on buy of medical gear.
The provincial authorities has additionally enhanced the testing capability of the Khyber Medical College to 500 assessments per day and shortly the testing services could be arrange throughout the province, he added.
Wazir additional stated that the measures taken by the federal government has yielded optimistic outcomes thus far and all hospitals throughout the province could be supplied Private Safety Tools for healthcare and different frontline employees.
The province on Friday had reported as many as 53 new instances of the coronavirus.
Faux sanitisers
Peshawar District administration and lcoal police in a joint raid on Saturday recovered no less than 600 bottles of faux sanitisers in Faqirabad space of the provincial capital.
Further Assistant Commissioner Muhammad Shafiq Afridi and Faqirabad police station SHO Javed Akhter collectively supervised the crackdown.
Faux sanitiser was being crammed in bottles from three drums which have been sized and three culprits have been additionally arrested. The arrested individuals have been handed over to police and authorized motion could be taken in opposition to them, stated Peshawar Deputy Commissioner Ali Asghar in a press release. He stated strict motion shall be taken in opposition to hoarders and all these promoting pretend Private Safety Tools and different vital objects for defense from the coronavirus.
Revealed in The Categorical Tribune, March 29th, 2020.
