KARACHI: Half a million (including N95) face masks and 50,000 Coronavirus test kits donated by Chinese Government reached here today via cargo plane.
Embassy of China in Pakistan has taken to the Twitter to inform: “A plane bound for Pakistan carrying N95 and surgical masks sponsored by China’s @JackMa Foundation and the Alibaba Foundation has taken off. China is standing together with Pak through thick and thin.”
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah arrived at Jinnah International Airport to receive the donations that will contribute greatly towards Pakistan’s efforts to effectively tackle the Coronavirus pandemic.
Relevant pieces published earlier:
President Dr. Arif Alvi leaves for China on a two-day visit
16th of March, 2020
ISLAMABAD: President Dr. Arif Alvi has left for China today for a two-day visit. There he will be meeting his counterpart President Xi Jinping.
Dr. Alvi said he was undertaking the visit to express solidarity with the Chinese leadership and people and appreciate their efforts to handle the Coronavirus. He would also express condolence with the Chinese leadership over the loss of precious human lives due Coronavirus.
The visit will also provide Pakistani delegation an opportunity to learn from the Chinese experiences regarding containing the mysterious malady. President is accompanied, among others, by Foreign Minister and Minister for Planning/Development. A number of MoUs are expected to be signed during the visit.
Pakistan did not suspend flight operations to and from China
5th of March, 2020
ISLAMABAD: It was insinuated by certain quarters that in order to prevent an outbreak of Novel Coronavirus Pakistan had suspended passenger flights to and from China where the malady has claimed 500 lives.
However, State Minister for Health Dr Zafar Mirza clarified that no such decision had been taken. It is pertinent to mention here that flights were suspended between two countries earlier. But when WHO had declared the Novel Coronavirus a global emergency, flights resumed bringing Pakistanis back home from China.
According to the Minister government had defined SOPs at all the airports. He said that teams from the Capital would go into the provinces to ensure they were on the same page. He held that it was better for those Pakistanis stuck in Wuhan to stay put as there they would be monitored and treated.
Coronavirus: Another flight from China lands at Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: As Coronavirus death toll reached 500 in China, another flight carrying 122 people (including 31 Chinese Nationals) from there landed here today.
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