CM Buzdar says no confirmed case of coronavirus reported in Punjab

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has said that no confirmed case of the disease was reported in the province of Punjab up to now.

Chief Minister Buzdar in a statement on Sunday said the Punjab government has been taken all essential steps to thwart the spread of coronavirus.

CM said that the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (PSHD) is working day and night to control a possible outbreak of coronavirus.

He said by the grace of Almighty Allah no coronavirus case has been reported in the province, adding that Punjab government has all facilities to detect coronavirus.

He said the provincial government had allocated Rs216 million to buy the equipment related to coronavirus disease.

The provincial government ensures implementation on the preventive steps according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) standard to deal with coronavirus outbreak, he added.

Earlier, the sixth confirmed case of coronavirus was reported in Pakistan. However, Pakistan’s first coronavirus patient in Sindh has fully recovered discharged from hospital on Saturday as his lab tests for the coronavirus have come out negative.

According to Media Coordinator to the Health Minister Meeran Yousuf, the patient, who is a student from a town on the outskirts of the metropolis, discharged from hospital on Saturday as his lab tests for the coronavirus have come out negative.

She said the patient was being treated in isolation for the last 10 days and he was tested three times during this period. His last test was conducted on Friday and it came out negative. As a result, doctors declared him fit to go home, she added.