Govt to enhance corona diagnostic facility by 10,000 tests a day: Ajmal

F.P. Report

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Spokesman Ajmal Wazir Tuesday said the provincial government has decided to enhance diagnostic testing capacity of corona virus diagnostic from to ten-thousand tests per day 5,000 per day to 10,000 across the province.

Talking to PTV News, Adviser to Chief Minister on Information Ajmal Wazir said the government is taking all possible measures to equip the doctors and medical staff against the corona pandemic with the required protective gears on priority basis.

He said due to shortage of protective gears in the market the government was facing problems however he added that so far Rs 1.3billion equipments have been purchased while more would be procured soon.

The Advisor urged the general public to follow the guidelines provided by the government in order to prevent spread of corona virus.

The Frontier Post

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