ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Fawad Chaudhry has said the federal government allowed the export of N-95 and surgical masks from the country.
On a social media website Twitter, the minister announced the development today and said that it was the last item under the personal protective equipment (PPE) that was not permitted by the federal cabinet today to be exported from the country.
He further said, “When COVID-19 endemic hit the country on February 26, we were importing the PPE equipment. He said that currently, the country has become one of the biggest exporters of the COVID-19 material”, he added.
وفاقی کابینہ نے آج N-95 اور سرجیکل ماسک کی ایکسپورٹ کی اجازت بھی دے دی PPE کی فہرست میں یہ آخری آئیٹم تھے جن کی ایکسپورٹ پر پابندی تھی،26 فروری کو پہلا COVID کیس پاکستان میں آیا تو ہم تمام PPE آئٹم امپورٹ کر رہے تھے آج الحمدللہ پاکستان COVID Materials کا بڑا آیکسپورٹر ہے #Covid
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) August 18, 2020
Earlier, Fawad Chaudhry had said that there was no shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) in Pakistan as they are now manufacturing it within the country.
The minister offered the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leadership to identify the facility in the province facing PPE shortage so that they could provide it to them.
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