KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has said that Coronavirus testing capacity in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been increased from initial 40 tests per day to 1000 tests per day and efforts are in progress for bringing further enhancement in it.

Addressing a tele-conference at Chief Minister's House here Monday, he said that the provincial government had announced a hefty relief package of Rs.32 billion to effectively deal with the corona situation. He said that Rs.13 billion will be distributed under Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme amongst 2.2 million deserving population of the province while Rs.8.00 billion had already been released to Health Department for necessary procurements and treatment facilities of corona patients. Furthermore, he said that Rs. 6.00 billion have been released to Relief Department for relief activities of emergency nature.

The chief minister maintained that necessary arrangements had been put in place by the provincial government for people expected to come from Afghanistan and Gulf countries, and continued that people coming from abroad would be kept in quarantine facilities for initial days followed by screening and testing; and they would be allowed to go to their homes if their test were clear.

He appealed the people for extending maximum cooperation to the administration regarding social distancing measures adding that without the public support, the government's efforts would not yield the desired results.

He urged upon the public to inform the administration about the corona suspects and symptomatic people in the respective areas through the contact numbers of the control rooms set up for this purpose.