The number of confirmed Corona virus cases has climbed to 340 while total number of suspects reached to 1211 while 15 persons have been died of the virus. This was told during a meeting of the Provincial Task Force (PTF) constituted on Corona virus in the province with Chief Minister Mahmood Khan as chairman of the body.
Provincial Minister for Health, Taimur Saleem Jhagra, Adviser to CM on Information, Ajmal Khan Wazir, Corps Commander Peshawar Lieutenant General Nauman Mahmood, Chief Secretary KP Dr. Kazim Niaz, IGP Sanaullah Abassi, Additional Chief Secretary Shakeel Qadir and Administrative Secretaries of the relevant departments attended the meeting.
The meeting briefed on the latest situation of Corona virus in the province and told that overall 215 quarantine centers, 554 High Dependency Units and isolation units with a capacity of 2400 beds have been established across the province.
The meeting was told that there was a substantial improvement in the provision of Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs) to the health workers fighting the corona pandemic on frontlines, and so far 25000 N-95 masks have been provided to various districts, and added that an amount of 175 Millions have already been released to all District Health Officers to purchase the PPEs.