Staff Reporter
Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Shibli Faraz on Tuesday urged the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS) and scientists in general to play their role in countering the disinformation campaigns related to public health and global health security.
Speaking at a workshop webinar “Pandemic Preparedness: Science and Countermeasures” organized by Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS), the federal minister stated that overabundance of information makes it difficult for people to identify truthful and trustworthy sources from false or misleading ones.
Pakistan was facing different challenges as compared to the developed world as on one hand we had to control the pandemic and on other we could not afford shutting the country down and leaving people to die of hunger.
Prof. Yoo Hang Kim (President AASSA) from Korea reiterated his support to PAS for holding such event and containing corona virus and Pakistan is mentioned as a success story in the world for reducing the deadly effect as compared to its neighboring countries.
