Information Minister Punjab Fayyaz-ul-Hassan Chohan said on Tuesday that they need to act beyond political point-scoring and personal interests in fight against Coronavirus. While addressing a press conference on Corona awareness campaign being run by the information department, Chohan said that the Buzdar government has been raising awareness about prevention measures against Coronavirus since February and it is ready to deal with this epidemic.
He said the information department has mobilized all divisional and district information officers to disseminate as much information and awareness to the general public as possible regarding Coronavirus.
He said in pursuance of a welfare state, the health department is distributing 'Sehat Insaf Cards' to 7.2 million families comprising three and a half crore people. About 70 percent of the families have already been given the cards, said Chohan
Speaking on the occasion, Secretary Information Raja Jehangir Anwar said that the information department has constituted a special monitoring cell to keep close watch on spread and prevention of Coronavirus. The department is adding information related to the Coronavirus in all official advertisements.