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National Coordination Committee on coronavirus meets today to discuss latest situation
Irfan Ali
26 March, 2020 03:36
National Coordination Committee on coronavirus meets today to discuss latest situation.
NCC on coronavirus will hold its second meeting in Islamabad on Thursday.
Prime Minister Imran Khan will preside.
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Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on National Health Services Dr. Zafar Mirza said while addressing a news briefing in Islamabad.
He said the meeting will review implementation status of the decisions taken during the previous meeting of the National Security Committee.
The SAPM Mirza said the committee of parliamentary leaders is being constituted to oversight situation arising out of Coronavirus pandemic.
Talking about Coronavirus statistics in Pakistan, he said so far, total confirmed cases are 1022 with Islamabad 20, Punjab 310, Sindh 413, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 80, Balochistan 117, Azad Jammu and Kashmir one, and Gilgit-Baltistan 81.
Dr Zafar Mirza said eight Coronavirus-hit persons have died, 21 patients have recovered, while five are in critical situation.
He said five hundred thousand N-95 masks have been received from China, while personal protection equipment will arrive in Pakistan within next two days.
Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi also said Prime Minister will chair a meeting of NCC on coronavirus today.
In a statement, he said we will have to adopt a joint strategy in consultation with provinces.
The Foreign Minister said it is time to gather resources and efforts of the federation and provinces to deal with the global challenge of coronavirus instead of criticizing one another.
He said we have ensured that supply chain is not affected so that shortage of essential commodities is not created.
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