SAPM: (199 health information booths set up at various airports of country: Dr Zafar)

ISLAMABAD:Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on National Health Services Dr Zafar Mirza has said that 199 health information booths have been set up at various airports of the country to cope with the threat of coronavirus.

In a series of tweets, he said these booths will provide answers to queries about coronavirus. He said another landmark in a very short time is the completion of coronavirus clinical care and prevention guidelines.

It includes full instructions on case definition, inpatient/outpatient treatment, handling of diagnostic samples and even home care.

In order to provide assistance to the Pakistani community in China, the Embassy of Pakistan has established hotlines which may be contacted. Dr Zafar Mirza said that around one hundred other countries are not evacuating their citizens from Wuhan.