KP to procure masks and ventilators to contain coronavirus pandemic

Peshawar: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Minister for Finance Taimur Salim on Friday said that the Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) would help the provincial government to procure 20,000 face masks and 120 ventilators in order to combat the novel coronavirus spread, a news source reported.

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As per the publication, the KP government and the World Bank are collaborating to curb the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

In a related development, Khyber Medical University (KMU) has initiated a telemedicine project in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

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The KMU initiative includes 50 specialists who will provide online consultations to patients and give prescriptions to these individuals from the remote, tribal districts of the province.

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KP Governor Shah Farman launched the initiative.

Previously, the KP government had allocated PKR 1 billion to counter the COVID-19 pandemic. The KP government announced that the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) and the Ministry for Relief and Rehabilitation were planning to deal with the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.