ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has urged the authorities to remove the 23 sanitisers from stores that were proved non-compliant with the World Health Organization (WHO) standards.
Hand sanitiser is an anti-bacterial gel generally used to kill germs. It is specifically being used nowadays to prevent coronavirus disease across the country.
Fawad Chaudhry took to Twitter and shared a list of 23 brands of sanitisers and advised the health department to remove the brands as they did not meet the conformation with WHO standards.
Dear all! As per PSQCA sample testing following 23 brands of Sanitizers are not in comformity with WHO standards, we have advised health departments to remove these brands from stores. pic.twitter.com/Aj5gbSgIsD
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 3, 2020
The list issued by Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) mentions the stores providing these hand sanitisers.
Federal Minister of Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry earlier slammed Pakistani Universities for not providing the government with any research about coronavirus.
He said that institutes everywhere around the world were providing guidelines to their governments through leading research and policy papers but not Pakistani universities.
Read more: Fawad slams Pakistani universities for not developing COVID-19 research
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