Islamabad: Pakistan Cabinet has approved export of domestically manufactured Personal Protective Equipment and sanitizers amid a surge in the coronavirus cases, which has crossed the 108,316-mark in the country. Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired a Cabinet meeting, which discussed the Covid-19 situation in the country.
'The cabinet has approved export of locally manufactured personal protective equipment (PPE), sanitisers and other safety items,' according to a statement. Officials said Pakistan was importing PPEs when the pandemic started but launched campaign to utilise indigenous resources and achieved surplus.
The Cabinet set up a committee and authorised it to ban export of any item keeping in view domestic needs of the country. Meanwhile, the Covid-19 cases in Pakistan reached 108,316 on Tuesday after new infections were reported across the country, while the death toll due to the coronavirus has gone up to 2,172, according to the health ministry.
Another 4,646 new patents were diagnosed in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally of patients to 108,317. Punjab has registered 40,819 cases, Sind 39,555, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 14,006, Balochistan 6,788, Islamabad 5,785, Gilgit-Baltistan 952 and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir 412.
The authorities conducted a record 24,620 tests in the last 24 hours, taking the number of total tests done so far to 730,453 across the country. As the number soared, the worst fear may come true about the capacity of hospitals across the country to accommodate the patients. Though, the government still claimed that there was enough space available.
But the resources would be spread thin in the coming days as peak time would come by the end of July or beginning of August. Meanwhile, Pakistan Muslim League-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb was tested positive a day after she confirmed that former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was tested positive.
Marriyumâs mother and PML-N lawmaker Tahira Aurangzeb was also tested positive. Both mother and daughter have quarantined themselves.
