Pakistan has imported 12,000 coronavirus testing packs from China that have shown up at Karachi's Jinnah International Airport. The legislature of Pakistan has paid $2,000 for every one of these packs.
The advancement has come hours after the wellbeing service affirmed nine additional instances of the novel coronavirus, taking the absolute count to 16.
Every one of the imported units can be utilized to test 1000 patients. That implies that Pakistan at present has the hardware to test more than 12 million individuals however the legislature has needed to hold up under costs of over $24 million
The transfer from China likewise incorporates a guide of 50-tons of malathion pesticides and 15 shower machines to control the insect(Tiddi) assaults. The rest of material for locust control will be sent in the end of April 2020.
Chinese spokesperson: We will continue to help Pakistan to combat locusts & #COVID19. After sending an expert group, China provided locust control supplies to Pakistan, including 50,000 litres of malathion, 14 pesticide sprayers, & an additional batch of coronavirus testing kits. pic.twitter.com/hDMO5CUcXF
— Lijian Zhao 赵立坚 (@zlj517) March 10, 2020
Pakistan was recently utilizing the identification packs(Corona virus kits) gifted by Japan govt to identify the novel coronavirus. Around 1000 packs had been sent to the National Institute of Health( NIH) in mid-January.
A recent vist was carried out by chinese individuals for locusts removal there was a plan for ducks army impor or some kind of chemicals which are being used for these insects (Tiddi) killing as these are ruining the crops.
