Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Health Services Zafar Mirza will launch the first training course under the ‘We Care’ campaign at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS).
Taking to Twitter, Zafar Mirza wrote that it will be an online course that will be given to 100,000 Health Care Workers (HCW)s across the country.
Launching today at PIMS first training course on PPEs use under the auspices of “We Care! National Campaign for Protection and Support of Frontline Health Care Workers”. An online course which will be given to 100,000 HCWs across the country. All Hlth Ministers fully on board.
— Zafar Mirza (@zfrmrza) May 15, 2020
Earlier, Mirza assured that a local Pakistani company will manufacture Remdesivir, an international drug being used to treat coronavirus patients, in less than two months.
“American company Gilead has manufactured this drug and it has proven effective in treating coronavirus patients,” he said during a press conference. “It is said that the use of the drug has reduced the intensity of the virus by 30 percent.”
During the NCOC meeting, Planning Minister Asad Umar directed all the ministers and quarters concerned to come up with draft plans aimed to deal with the future scenarios as ease in the lockdown is likely to increase pressure on the healthcare system and administration because it is likely to persist till June and July.
The NCOC directed officials concerned to ensure the implementation of health standard operating procedures (SOPs) and proper training of doctors and paramedics fighting on the frontline against the pandemic.
