The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has dispatched another consignment of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to the hospitals of Sindh and Gilgit-Baltistan aiming to save the doctors and paramedics from coronavirus pandemic.
According to NDMA spokesman, the equipment dispatched to Sindh on Monday included 2,822 N-95, 3,136 D-95, 48,384 KN-95 masks, 66,620 protective suits, 61,600 surgical gloves and 112,000 medical masks.
Likewise, 441 N-95 masks, 490 D-95, 7,560 KN-95 masks, 10,426 protective suits, 9,625 surgical gloves and 17,500 medical masks have been sent to Gilgit-Baltistan in the fifth consignment.
Furthermore, the safety equipment included surgical gowns, face shields, shoes cover, safety goggles, caps and sanitisers have also been sent to Sindh and Gilgit-Baltistan.
The fifth consignment has already been sent to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) whereas the delivery of PPEs to Punjab was continuing right now.
Another consignment of PPEs will be sent to all provinces before Eid-ul-Fitr, the spokesman concluded.
Meanwhile, the NDMA continued the spray and survey operation of several thousand hectares of locust-hit area of the country aiming to purge the country from the menace.
A spokesman of NDMA said in a statement that both aerial and ground spray of various districts was being conducted right now.
Sharing the details of the spray, he said the spraying of 6,100 hectare areas of Balochistan, 2,400 of Punjab, 900 of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 272 hectare areas of Sindh have been completed in last 24 hours.
NDMA has completed the survey of 133,000 hectare areas of Balochistan, 68,000 hectares area of Punjab, 68,000 of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 92,000 hectare area of Sindh in last 24 hours.
He said the aerial survey of 120 hectare of the treated areas has already been completed. As many as 53 districts of the country were hit by locust attack, he said. He said 28 districts of Balochistan, 11 of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 12 of Punjab, 2 districts of Sindh of the country were hit by the locust attacks.
