US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Alice Wells Friday stated the USA would supply a million {dollars} to Pakistan below USAID programme to bolster the monitoring and fast response towards Coronavirus.
And the U.S. and #Pakistan are longstanding companions in tackling international well being challenges. There are 100+ latest Pakistani graduates of @CDCgov‘s epidemiology lab coaching on the bottom investigating #COVID19 circumstances in #GilgitBaltistan & #Punjab proper now. AGW #Partners4Prosperity
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Pakistan is grappling with unfold of the pandemic of pneumonic illness with over 440 confirmed infections throughout the nation.
In a tweet, she stated that U.S. and Pakistan each are longstanding companions in tackling international well being challenges. “The U.S. government is responding to #COVID-19 in #Pakistan with initial $1 million in USAID Pakistan funding to bolster monitoring & rapid response,” stated the US official.
She additional stated that there are over hundred Pakistani graduates engaged within the lab coaching of Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention, investigating Coronavirus circumstances in Punjab and Gilgit Baltistan.
