ISLAMABAD: National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Sunday dispatched the fifth of protective equipment (PPE) for the hospitals of Balochistan.
According to a statement issued by NDMA spokesperson, the protective equipment was being supplied nationwide while the fifth consignments of protective equipment were dispatched to Balochistan today.
The PPE includes surgical masks, N-95 masks, protective gowns, gloves, shoe covers, surgical head covers, face shields, protective goggles, and sanitizers.
The consignment included three PCR testing machines, 20,000 testing kits, 20,000 surgical masks, 6000 D-95 and ten thousand KN-95 masks, 14,000 protective suits, 16,000 pairs of gloves and five hundred gowns.
Additionally, 500 face shields, 800 protective glasses and eight thousand sanitizer bottles have also been sent to Balochistan.
On April 20, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) had delivered a 3rd consignment of additional Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to a spokesperson for the NDMA, the consignment included 1,50,000 surgical masks, 4171 N-95 masks, 30000 protective gears, 13700 surgical gloves and 400 shoes to be used in intensive care units of hospitals.
It also contained 21487 surgical caps, 16322 shoe covers, 4500 biohazard and other essential medicines. The confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Pakistan have surged past 14,079 after 751 new cases were reported from different parts of the country.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases have surged to 29,367 in Pakistan on Sunday, while the death toll stands at 641.
According to the National Command and Control Center (NCOC), more than 1,262 cases of coronavirus were reported while 18 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours.
As many as 7,809 patients have recovered from the disease, while 153 are said to be critical as the country is still witnessing a consistent rise in the COVID-19 cases.
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