Joint efforts needed to fight against COVID-19: Mahmood

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Wednesday said that the provincial government has undertaken effective measures to combat against the coronavirus pandemic, saying that the medical staffs and facilities were available around the clock to tackle an emergency situation. However, he stressed the need for joint efforts to contain the spread of COVID 19.
While talking to media in Levies Center, Shahkas Jamrud on his visit to Khyber district on Wednesday, the CM said that weather it was the health staff or officials of the forces, administration, rescue 1122 and other departments, they were jointly striving hard to deal the post situation in the province after breaking out of the deadly coronavirus across the world.
"I along with full machinery of the government stood beside you and there is no need to scare as jointly competing the disease," the CM assured. He said that deputation order of 600 doctors had been approved while services of extra 1500 doctors had been acquired on contract basis to deal the emergency situation.
He furthermore said that the government was not ignorant of the situation being prevailed in the country and therefore as chief executive he beside his staff and ministers visited various districts and areas to personally supervise required health and precautionary measures.
Likewise, the Chief Minister said the federal government design, provincial government would also announce a package for the welfare of the masses following consent of the cabinet that would be soon announced, he remarked.
Adviser to CM on information, Ajmal Wazir Informed that as per available report of Manga village of Mardan district out of 46 suspected, 39 cases had been detected coronavirus positive. He added that on the special directive of the CM Mehmood Khan, teams had been dispatched soon after the news cases unearthed and the whole locality was declared quarantine although daily usage needs of the effectees would be provided to them. Pertaining positive cases identified in DI Khan, Ajmal Wazir said that they were those people who had returned from Iran and they had been quarantined.