Meeting of officials of various departments was held at tehsil guest house lawn on Sunday aimed to review measures initiated prior to bring back stranded Pakistanis from Afghanistan via Torkham border.
It is to be mentioned here that more than 2000 Pakistan nationals have trapped due to suspension of Pak-Afghan border, Torkham and Chaman in threat of spread of coronavirus.
Chaired by Director Health, merged districts Dr Niaz, the meeting was attended by focal person of entry points of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Dr Qasim, Assistant Commissioner(AC),Landi Kotal Muhammad Imran, Additional AC Shamsul Islam, officials of police, public health, civil defines and representatives of forces were among the participants.
Speaking on the occasion Dr Niaz said that the government was intended to bring back the stuck Pakistan national in Afghanistan through Torkham border to be expecting in near future and the main purpose of the moot was to examine the facilities to be provided to them while quarantined them.
He added that all precautionary steps would be taken on the occasion of the arrival of the stranded persons to curtain spread of the deadly disease in the area.
Beside lack of staff, health officials had been deployed in all quarantined and isolation ward to treat the expected COVID-19 suspected patients.
He assured that services of health officials would be hired, if needed to tackle the extraordinary situation pertaining to the COIVD 19.
Dr Qasim while sharing details said that batch wise entry plan of the trapped Pakistani had been formulated to easily deal them and each bitch would comprise 1000 persons.
He said that following accommodating of the stranded persons in quarantined centres established in Landi Kotal, sample of every Pakistani citizen came across the border would be collected and after lab test result they would be sent to isolation or to quarantine centre for certain period.
He maintained that the situation was under control in Khyber and so far 13 persons confirmed and suspected cases had been reported in district Khyber.
Earlier AC, Landi Kotal Muhammad Imran briefed the participants of the initiatives adopt in the wake of the coronavirus.
The officials also visited the quarantine centres and inspected the provided facilities.
According to the local administration official quarantine centres for 787 persons had been set up in Landi Kotal to house suspected COVID-19 effectees, expecting to come across the border.
