Gujranwala’s COVID Spread ‘Cause for Concern,’ Warns Yasmin Rashid Gujranwala’s COVID Spread ‘Cause for Concern,’ Warns Yasmin Rashid No Credit Punjab health minister says SOP implementation will curb spread of pandemic, reassuring public that government is expanding oxygen production and supply The spread of the coronavirus in Gujranwala continues to be alarming, Punjab Health Minister Dr. Yasmin Rashid warned on Sunday, as she sought to reassure the public that provincial authorities were endeavoring to expand facilities to prevent an adverse situation. “If we have a problem right now, it is Gujranwala,” she told a press conference in Lahore, noting that the city had nearly 100 percent occupancy of ventilators right now. To address the issue, she said, the provincial health department had sent five additional ventilators to the city, adding that ambulances equipped with ventilators were also being prepared to transport patients from Gujranwala to Lahore if needed.