AJK President calls for extra preparedness to respond Corona-like deadly virus in future.

MIRPUR (AJK) -- Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President, Sardar Masood Khan has said that Azad Jammu and Kashmir fared well in their fight against COVID-19 as confirmed corona virus cases were still low and the overall recovery rate stood high in the region.

The President expressed these views while addressing as the chief guest at the 13th Annual CSR Summit 2021, organized by National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH), an affiliate of the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), AJK President office said Friday evening.

The event was also addressed by Governor Punjab, Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar, Muhammad Naeem Quarashi, President NEFH, Mr Ishtiaq Baig founder of Make-A-Wish Foundation Pakistan, Engineer Nadeem Ashraf, Ambassador of Morocco and others.

The 13th CSR Summit with the theme 'Let's Unite to beat Pandemic was participated by national and multinational companies, industries, corporate sectors, banks, NGOs and related organizations.

The AJK President said people of AJK have been fortunate that the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the state is still very small. It is 10,022 with 296 deaths and 9,097 recoveries. All this happened due to enforcement of effective but smart lockdown from the very beginning along with other preventive measures that have been taken by the government.

He said that in the beginning, we had some problems but later on, we got the ventilators, the PPEs, the masks, the sanitisers and the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan was able to establish 60 plus quarantine centres and isolation facilities in different districts of the state. Our doctors and nurses, paramedics, police and administration officials have done a wonderful job and they have been on the front lines, he added.

Sardar Masood underlined that the people of Azad Jammu Kashmir have cooperated with the government and...

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