• Islamabad locality, two villages in GB sealed
• China donates face masks, PPE
• Girl dies in Rawalpindi on return from UK
ISLAMABAD: Whereas tally for the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) instances entered 4 digits with eight fatalities on Wednesday, the nation witnessed a lockdown which hampered public motion, companies and each day life actions.
Within the federal capital, the Bhara Kahu space, from the place six instances had been reported in members of Tablighi Jamaat, has been sealed to keep away from additional unfold of the lethal virus.
Particular Assistant to the Prime Minister on Well being Dr Zafar Mirza sait at a press convention that an aeroplane had introduced 500,000 N-95 face masks from China and one other two planes would convey private protecting tools (PPE) weighing 12 tonnes on Friday.
Whereas sharing the info of victims, he mentioned: “Five patients are in critical condition and 21 have fully recovered.”
Chairman of the Nationwide Catastrophe Administration Authority Lt Gen Mohammad Afzal, whereas briefing the parliamentary leaders, mentioned on March 13 there have been 2,200 ventilators in Pakistan and 40 of them had been out of order.
“We did not have sufficient PPEs but now things are improving. Next month we will get 2,000 ventilators and we are aiming to have 10,000 ventilators in Pakistan in future. Moreover our target is to have 1.5 million testing kits of Covid-19. The NDMA has received Rs5 billion and opened an office of the purchase committee in Pakistan Embassy in China as we have decided to rely on China for equipment due to unavailability in West,” he mentioned.
He mentioned a scanner for coronavirus had been organized from China. “The scanner is so huge that we may have to bring it in two or three aeroplanes or maybe through Khunjerab Pass,” he mentioned.
In the meantime, a 50-year-old girl, who was affected by Covid-19, died in Rawalpindi on Wednesday. She was a British nationwide of Pakistani origin, belonging to Sohawa tehsil. She had returned from the UK about two weeks in the past and was admitted to Rawalpindi hospital the place she died.
Based on the police sources, she had visited her ancestral village Mohrah Akra close to Sohawa city on March 19, the place she had complained of degradation of well being. She was shifted to Rawalpindi hospital the place it was confirmed that she had been contaminated with the virus.
The deceased was buried in her ancestral graveyard in Mohrah Akra village and police and well being authorities sorted out over a dozen family members of the sufferer, together with her husband, son and different members of the family whom she had met earlier than being hospitalised and who had attended her funeral. These folks had been shifted to the district authorities’s isolation centre close to Missa Kaswal the place they’d be examined for the virus.
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Nationwide Well being Companies (NHS) Sajid Shah, whereas speaking to Daybreak, mentioned that the girl had arrived from the UK on March 9 and was included because the eighth member in record of casualties on account of Covid-19.
In Attock, the well being authorities and native administration confirmed the primary Covid-19 case of the world.
Furthermore, three new instances had been reported in Gilgit Baltistan, elevating tally within the area to 84. Two villages in Nagar district have been sealed after identification of over 14 domestically transmitted coronavirus sufferers within the villages.
Sindh will get 500,000 face masks from China
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah acquired 500,000 face masks, together with 50,000 N-95 masks, donated to the provincial authorities by China.
Furthermore the CM accepted the acquisition of 290 ventilators, 3.2m PPE, 100 speedy equipment antigen check machines, 100,000 testing kits, 50 RT lamp testing machines and 10,000 RT lamp kits and 29 transportable X-ray machines in order that testing capability within the province could possibly be enhanced.
Hamid Asghar from Gujar Khan, Jmail Nagri from Gilgit and Tahir Siddiqui from Karachi additionally contributed to this story
Revealed in Daybreak, March 26th, 2020
