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Pak Minister tests positive for coronavirus
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Sat, Dec 19 2020 13:27 IST |
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Islamabad, Dec 19 : Asad Umar, Pakistan s Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, announced that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, joining a list of top politicians to be infected with the disease.
In a tweet late Friday night, the Minister said: Just got my Covid test result and it is positive. Will be isolating at home.
Umar also heads the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), a national body that includes civil, military and health experts formed to strategise against and defeat the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
Second Wave of COVID-19 in Pakistan Has Reached Previously Unaffected Areas
Courtesy PID
Special assistant to the P.M. on Health urges public to adopt preventative measures as burden on hospitals mounts
The second wave of the novel coronavirus in Pakistan has reached areas of the country that remained unaffected by the pandemic during the first wave, Special Assistant to the P.M. on Health Dr. Faisal Sultan warned on Wednesday, as he urged the public to exercise care to prevent loss of lives and livelihoods.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, he noted that the country was recording a surge of new cases daily, and was also experiencing mounting casualties, increasing the burden on the country’s healthcare infrastructure. “I urge everyone to strictly adhere to SOPs,” he said, reiterating that this included wearing masks, avoiding crowded places, washing hands with soap often, ensuring all rooms were well ventilated and that a distance of six feet was maintained betwe
Free medical camps held in South Waziristan
Peshawar
December 16, 2020
WANA: About 2,412 patients were examined at the nine-day medical camps in various areas of South Waziristan.
The medical camp was organised by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Services. And Mobile Hospital Programme Manager Dr Wisal Mahmood supervised the camps in different areas of South Waziristan.
Director General Health Dr Muhammad Niaz said specialists, surgeons, dentists checked the patients.
He said among the 2412 patients who were examined include, 970 were male, 588 female and 854 children.
DG Health Dr Muhammad Niaz said more camps would be set up in the affected areas to provide better health facilities to the people at their doorsteps.
PM to open Peshawar Institute of Cardiology today
National
December 16, 2020
PESHAWAR: It’s a dream come true for the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as the long-delayed Peshawar Institute of Cardiology (PIC) is ready and Prime Minister Imran Khan will formally open it for patients today.
“PIC is ready and Prime Minister Imran Khan is coming to Peshawar today to inaugurate it,” Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Minister Taimur Saleem Jhagra told The News on Tuesday.
Former chief secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mohammad Azam Khan and his successor Dr Kazim Niaz played a key role in the establishment of PIC by arranging funds and procuring equipment.