ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said that the government was taking all possible measures to equip the doctors and medical staff – frontline force against the Corona pandemic – with the required protective gears on priority basis. He was presiding over a meeting held here to review the situation of Coronavirus in the country. The meeting was attended by Federal Ministers Asad Umar, Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar, Muhammad Hammad Azhar, Advisor on Finance Dr. Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, Special Assistants to PM Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, Dr. Zafar Mirza, Dr. Moeed Yusuf, Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Lt. Gen. Muhammad Afzal and senior officers. Chairman NDMA Lt. Gen. Muhammad Afzal and Special Assistant on Health Dr. Zafar Mirza briefed the prime minister in detail about the latest situation of Coronavirus and the measures being taken to take care of the people affected by Coronavirus. The prime minister was told that at present 3300 ventilators were available in 136 hospitals across the country, and the NDMA was in direct contact with the hospitals’ administration to ensure the provision of protection kits to doctors and other medical workers. The Chairman NDMA told the participants that with 49,500 protection kits already provided to various hospitals in all the provinces, the provision of more protection kits to hospitals would be completed in a day or two
