ISLAMABAD: A special plane from China arrived on Monday carrying more medical supplies to assist in the fight against coronavirus.
Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Lieutenant General Muhammad Afzal and Chairman DRMF Nadeem Ahmed received the protective equipment that included 15 x-ray machines, 119 ventilators, 200 thermal guns, and other materials.
Chairman NDMA said that more equipment will also arrive from China to fight the coronavirus pandemic. “Pakistan’s coronavirus testing capacity has reached 30 to 40 thousand per day,” he assured.
Earlier on Saturday, Pakistan received another consignment of medical emergency relief items from China. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the medical supplies include PCR testing Kits, surgical masks, protective coverall suits, N95 masks, and ventilators.
Pakistan received at least 2 tonnes of masks, test kits, ventilators, medical protective clothes worth Rs67 million from China. Last week, the team of Chinese doctors, that arrived in the country on a two-week visit left for China.
A Chinese team during their stay also met doctors in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, and Karachi, Lahore. Since March, China has been providing medical supplies to Pakistan including N-95 masks, protective suits, testing kits, medical masks, ventilators, thermometers, thermal scanners, gloves, goggles, litres of sanitizers and non-woven fabric for making protective suits.
Earlier this month, Turkey also facilitated Pakistan by donating protective gear in efforts against the COVID-19 pandemic. The country had sent medical supplies to nearly 30 nations to support efforts against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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