Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentary leader in the Senate Sherry Rehman has lamented that no test kits have been provided to Sindh as earlier announced by the federal government.
Sherry Rehman took to Twitter and wrote that Sindh will face a terrible crisis without enough test kits. There are no cargo flights to pick up orders from the export destinations, she said.
Without enough test kits we will face a terrible crisis. Right now NO functional test kits have been provided to Sindh as per federal announcements. NO cargo flights to pick up orders from export destinations.Federal govt please coordinate import of kit with provinces🙏 @zfrmrza https://t.co/PIcWE6cxbh
— SenatorSherryRehman (@sherryrehman) April 10, 2020
“All provinces need a huge ramping up of testing capacity, not next month but now, and all we are seeing is a constant series of press statements about what Sindh has been given,” Rehman said adding that officials in the centre are not coordinating with the provinces in the time-sensitive matter of testing the deadly contagion.
She further added that there’s an imminent danger to Pakistan right now and the response has to be coordinated and fast.
Earlier, Sherry Rehman said that the protection of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) crew was a top priority as they were also on the frontline battling against COVID-19. Rehman said, “In emergencies, we need to protect our frontline, which other than doctors, nurses, paramedics includes the PIA crew that are flying quarantine flights without any protection.”
She further said that among doctors, nurses and paramedical staff, the PIA crew members must not be exposed to infection for doing their jobs in times of extreme crises.
