Mubashar Naqvi
Muzaffarabad
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) State Coordination Committee (SCC) decided to continue ban on inter-provincial public transport and hotels as helping measure to prevent the spread of corona virus in the state. Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan presided over the SCC meeting in Islamabad on Sunday. The committee also decided to train the management staff of the quarantine centers established throughout state from Pak Army.
It was decided in the meeting that more resources would be provided to the Food Department to deal any untoward situation during corona pandemic. “Announcements through mosques would be made to public to stay in their houses avoiding unnecessary outdoor activities. All Deputy Commissioners would present the latest situational report of their respective districts to the Prime Minister at 04:00pm daily. All government employees would continue to perform their official duties taking precautionary measures and sitting at three feet distance from each other in their offices”, decided in the meeting.
A committee headed by Secretary Finance constituted in the meeting to prepare a report of economic losses due to the corona pandemic. On this occasion, concerned authorities thoroughly briefed Prime Minister on the latest situation of the corona virus in the state. It was told in the meeting that trial service of corona tests has been started in the Abbas Institute of Medical Sciences Muzaffarabad. Meeting also reviewed the screening and checking arrangements at all entry points of the state.
Speaking on the occasion, Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan has directed the concerned authorities to immediately trace those persons who recently returned to the AJK from abroad. “They after their tests must immediately be shifted in quarantine centers”, he directed. The Prime Minister also directed further strengthening of the checking and screening systems at entry points.
