ISLAMABAD: National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman Lt Gen Muhammad Afzal on Saturday said that they want 40-50 coronavirus diagnosis facilities in the country.
Speaking at a media briefing, NDMA chairman said that the government was striving to increase the number of coronavirus diagnosis facilities across the country with more labs being set up in Islamabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab.
The NDMA chief also said that a lab was being upgraded in DG Khan to carry out virus tests, adding that another lab established at Rawalpindi Medical University will be functional from tomorrow.
He added a laboratory will also be set up in Gujranwala or Gujrat, adding that testing machines were being provided to Karachi, Gilgit Baltistan and AJK. He said that they would place an advertisement on Tuesday inviting applications for the recruitment of 100 technicians on a six-month contract.
Muhammad Afzal also announced that another plane carrying 15 tonnes of medical supplies, including ventilators and infrared walkthrough gates, will land in the country on Tuesday. “Doctors and nurses on the front line tending COVID-19 patients will have all protective kits by coming Sunday,” the NDMA chief added.
Muhammad Afzal further informed that 30 testing kits onboard an aircraft arrived in Karachi, while another plane carrying medicine landed at Islamabad airport.
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