Farukh Habib says govt is taking ‘anti-COVID-19 steps’ seriously

ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Secretary for Railways Farukh Habib has said that an extended lockdown due to coronavirus could impact the economy and would have knock-on effects on poor people’s health and life.

Talking to media Habib said there was a dire need to create a balance between the lockdown and saving vulnerable people from starvation.

The secretary said that the opposition parties should abstain from politicizing and point-scoring based off of a very serious global plague.

The opposition had no program or agenda against COVID-19 rather criticizing government with its non-serious irresponsible behavior, he said.

He said the government is now starting its local production of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits and N95 masks to effectively battle the COVID-19 and country would be able to manage its demand and supply in wake of prevailing high-risk corona situation.

He also mentioned the latest survey, that around 82% of people in the country are satisfied with the efforts of government during this COVID-19 situation.

Habib further said the capacity of testing was being augmented and more than 300,000 tests conducted till now.

He explained that COVID-19 is the unprecedented situation which is haunting the entire world not only our country and Pakistan being a developing country possesses inadequate resources cannot fight against the pandemic all alone for long.