Pakistan Exporting Covid_19 Equipment Worth $100m
Pakistan will spend $100M to Export Covid_19 Equipments to fight with Coronavirus Pandemic..!
Pakistan's Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday said Pakistan is exporting Covid_19 equipment worth $100 million, and after the local production of ventilators,the figure will rise further.Addressing a press conference in Islamabad,he said a training group of 300 engineers would be formed to teach people how to operate the ventilators, whose production is expected to be complete within 60 days.
The prime minister will hand over the [first tranche of] ventilators to the National Disaster Management Authority..!
Chaudhry also revealed that two coronavirus testing kits had been designed and sent to the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan,of which one claims to provide results within 45 minutes.
The testing kit,if approved,will available for home use.All of our indigenous products are of international standards, while those which were imported had quality issues.
Meanwhile,in Pakistan the Covid_19 testing kit developed by the National University of Science and Technology has been approved..!
Minister said that on February 26, the first coronavirus case was detected, and on March 5 the country faced a shortage of hand sanitisers.That was the point where we decide to embark on this journey.
Pakistan brought onboard defence production institutions,Pakistan Engineering Council, NUST, COMSATS University, and several other varsities to initiate the production of Personal Protective Equipment and medical equipment..!
Pakistan had started the production of N-95 masks and that a special economic zone would be set up for the medical industry..!
After receiving the Covid_19 $100M Equipment shipments Pakistan will speed up its Manufacturing Capacity of Ventilators,Testing kits,Masks & all other materials/things related to Coronavirous Pandemic..!
(Prepared by@RamzanAwan)
