OUR CORRESPONDENT
MUZAFFARABAD The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan on Friday expressed satisfaction over the coordinated efforts of various government departments and the state institutions to contain COVID-19 pandemic in the liberated territory. He reiterated appealed to the people to extend full cooperation to the state government and the law-enforcement agencies in making the preventive measures a success. “In all 83 suspected patients of COVID-19, 59 of them have been tested negative, two positive, and the test reports of 24 suspected cases are yet to receive,” he added. The president expressed these views while talking to AJK Chief Secretary Mathar Niaz Rana who called on him at Aiwan-eSadr here on Friday, anbriefed him about the measures taken by the government to contain the COVID19 pandemic. The state chief secretary said that lockdown had been enforced in all big and small cities of the liberated territory, and various measures have been adopted for social distancing of the people, and to ensure thin participation in religious congregations and social gatherings. On the whole, he maintained, the people are cooperating with the government departments and the law-enforcement agencies in this regard. The AJK president urged the people to physically stay away from the suspected persons infected with COVID-19, and wash their hands after they meet such people. Similarly, those suffering from chest and respiratory problems must avoid coughing and sneezing before the healthy people.
