Poultry body rejects 'promulgation' of Covid in chicken

 LAHORE: The Pakistan Poultry Association has communicated worries over the gossipy tidbits about chicken conveying Covid, and named them bogus and outlandish. It denounced the "unmerited purposeful publicity", expressing that individuals should keep devouring chicken and other poultry items with no dread.  "Covid has not been accounted for in any chicken item in any piece of the country. Also, poultry has not been accounted for to be connected with the transmission of the infection to people in any piece of the world. Every one of the tales being spread or coursed via web-based media in such a manner are totally off-base and outlandish," the affiliation's northern locale bad habit administrator, Chaudhry Farhan, told columnists during a public interview here on Wednesday.  Flanked by the affiliation's office-carriers, Mr. Fargham said the Ministry of National Food Security and Research (Livestock Wing) and Poultry Research Institute Punjab had likewise disp...
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Coronavirus: 146 positive cases in Sindh, tally rises to 179 in Pakistan

Senator Murtaza Wahab said that Total number of people affected by coronavirus in Sindh has reached 146.
He tweeted that out of this, 119 are Zaireen who are being kept in Sukkur, 26 are in Karachi and one is in Hyderabad.
“This exponential increase is largely due to the recent inflow of ppl brought in from Taaftaan after a purported quarantine,” he addedFifteen cases of Coronavirus have been reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while total number of positive cases in Pakistan reached 179.
According to details, the number of positive COVID-19 cases has reached 179 in Pakistan, 146 in Sindh, 10 in Balochistan, Islamabad 4 Gilgit-Baltistan 3 Punjab 1 and 15 cases have been confirmed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.Health Minister KP Taimur Khan Jhagra in one of his tweets confirmed that 15 positive COVID-19 case has been reported in KP.
He wrote Just received news that 15 of 19 individuals received in KP from Taftan have tested positive for Corona Virus These are the first positive cases in KP They are being well looked after in quarantine in an isolated facility in DI Khan.
Sindh Health Department has also confirmed 86 cases in the Province 26 cases from Karachi, 1 case from Hyderabad and 61 cases from Taftan, Iran. Which brings the total number of case to 88 in the province out of which 2 have recovered & 86 are still under treatment.

Diagnostic tests for NOVID-19 being conducted free of cost in Pakistan

Earlier today, State Minister of Health of Pakistan Dr. Zafar Mirza has assured that government is keeping a close eye on the situation in the wake of spread of Coronavirus and is taking appropriate steps.
While addressing a news conference  he said seasonal flue and fever does not require testing for Coronavirus and only those people need to have tests who have recently returned from abroad and are facing symptoms like fever, cough or difficulty in breathing.
Dr. Zafar Mirza said fourteen laboratories in major cities of Pakistan have been provided with diagnostic kits by the government that will hold free tests of people.
He said Prime Minister Imran Khan is personally monitoring and supervising the situation.
State Minister warned the people to beware of private testing labs that are offering tests for Coronavirus.
He said there is no need to panic as the number of Coronavirus patients is still low in Pakistan.
He also made it clear that there is no need for a normal healthy person, who is neither attending any corona affected patient or suffering from this virus to use masks.

DATE:3/17/2020

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