Daily Times
May 3, 2021
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is set to provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), worth $14.5 million to Pakistan to help contain the spread of Covid-19 pandemic in the country.
According to a document, the UNICEF Pakistan is supporting Ministry of National Health Services Regulations & Coordination, to procure PPEs test kits and medicines for a total value of $14.5 million with funding support from World Bank ($8.5 million), ADB ($0.5 million) and Gavi The Vaccine Alliance ( $5,5 million).
The PPEs will be distributed to hospitals, isolation centres, quarantine areas and frontline vaccinators. So far PPEs worth US$2 million have been delivered and handed over to MNHSR&C for distribution.
National
February 18, 2021
Islamabad: The District Health Office (DHO) has advised to seal Islamabad Model College for Girls (IMCG) (VI-XII) G-9/2, after COVID-19 cases surfaced at the college on Wednesday. The DHO has written a letter to Deputy Commissioner (DC), Islamabad and strongly recommended to seal (IMCG) (VI-XII) G-9/2, immediately.
It is hereby advised to close down the premises immediately till further intimation and conduct disinfection activities as per the guidelines issued by Ministry of National Health Services Regulations & Coordination. Furthermore, COVID-19 testing of all the exposed staff/students must be performed and adherence to SOPs must be ensured. All the close contacts of the cases must be quarantined for a period of 14 days.
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Home department closes madrasas across Sindh with immediate effect
Karachi
December 18, 2020
Due to concerns over the increasing number of Covid-19 cases in Sindh, the home department has ordered immediate suspension of all educational activities at madrasas across the province.
According to the notification issued by the home department, while exercising its powers under Section 3(1) of the Sindh Epidemic Diseases Act, the government has ordered immediate suspension of all educational activities at madrasas across the province.
Section 3(1) empowers the secretary of the Sindh Auqaf & Religious Affairs Department and the divisional commissioners and deputy commissioners to issue further orders, directions and notices to put this order into effect and issue further clarification for implementation.