The United States on Friday announced that it will provide Pakistan $1 million under the USAID programme to help improve monitoring and rapid response against the novel coronavirus.
In tweets, she said that US and Pakistan both are long-standing partners in tackling global health challenges.
The coronavirus outbreak in Pakistan has so far infected more than 460 people and taken lives of 3 people and the number keeps rising on a daily basis.
The government is taking action such as banning public gatherings and closing down eating establishments to try and limit people sitting down together and staying at home.
n a tweet, she said that U.S. and Pakistan both are longstanding partners in tackling global health challenges. “The U.S. government is responding to #COVID-19 in #Pakistan with initial $1 million in USAID Pakistan funding to bolster monitoring & rapid response,” said the US official.
