Tag: ppe
COVID Watch | 4th June 2020
Lockdown May Be Re-Enacted: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shibli Faraz warned a strict lockdown may be re-imposed if the public continues to violate SOPs during a press conference. Faraz started ...
COVID Watch | 3rd June 2020
2,193 Healthcare Workers Affected: The National Health Ministry confirmed that to date 1,232 doctors, 333 nurses, and 628 medical support staff have been infected, taking the tally of healthcare professionals diagnosed with ...
COVID Watch | 2nd June 2020
Front-Line Falls Prey To COVID-19: 13 doctors and one nurse of the Allama Iqbal Memorial Teaching Hospital tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday in Sialkot. 18 doctors have died in the line of duty during the pandemic ...
COVID Watch | 1st June 2020
No Masks Will Result In Fines: Punjab Govt considers wearing masks mandatory as lock-down is eased. Islamabad will be fined Rs 3000 from citizens for not wearing a mask in public spaces as per the directions of NHS ...
COVID Watch | 23rd May 2020
Patient Refused By Hospitals Dies: A critical COVID-19 patient succumbed to the virus in an ambulance after being turned away from two different hospitals. The patient, Zaheer Asghar, suffered from multiple diseases in addition ...
Stressed Healthcare Workers Resort To Hunger Strike
Healthcare workers in Pakistan are getting increasingly restless with their situation: ever since the Coronavirus pandemic hit the country, they have been repeatedly asking for Personal Protection Equipment (PPEs), but to no avail. On April ...