A Pakistan Army spokesman said that the rate of corona cases is very high in 16 cities of the country, where the Pakistan Army has been deployed to assist civil institutions.
Addressing the news conference, DG ISPR Major General Babar Iftikhar said that 570 people were on ventilators across the country and 4,300 were in critical condition. Only by implementing Corona SOPs can we be safe from this epidemic. He said that the number of positive cases of Corona in Peshawar, Mardan, Charsadda, Lahore, Faisalabad, Karachi, Hyderabad, Quetta, Azad Kashmir, Muzaffarabad is very high. Is. Corona positive cases account for more than 5% in 51 cities.
He said that the army has been called in to assist the civilian agencies, adding that army troops at each district level have reached at 6 am to assist the civil administration. Which will ensure the safety of the people in the current epidemic situation. At the divisional level, the brigadier and at the district level, the lieutenant colonel will look after the affairs. He said that the month of Ramadan teaches us sense and discipline.
He said that the meetings of all the provincial apex committees would be held once a week. He said that the task of the army was to assist the civilian agencies in emergencies and the Pakistan Army would meet the expectations of the people in this hour of ordeal. While the Pakistan Army has decided not to take the Internal Security Allowance. He said that the health sector is under severe pressure at the moment, 75% of the total oxygen production in the country is allocated to the health sector, but if the situation in Corona deteriorates. Oxygen allocated to industries will have to be given to hospitals.
