All resources being utilised to defeat coronavirus, says Balochistan CM Alyani.

QUETTA -- Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani has said that his government adopted preventive measures immediately after the threat of coronavirus emerged.

During his visit to Fatima Jinnah Chest and General Hospital on Sunday evening, he said the provincial government was utilising all available resources to deal with this challenge. Isolation wards with all necessary equipment and facilities had already been established in all district hospitals, he added.

The chief minister inspected the Isolation Ward, Intensive Care Unit and Public Health Laboratory at the hospital.

Mr Alyani was informed that the condition of a child affected by coronavirus was now better as currently he was in the isolation ward.

The medial superintendent of the hospital informed the chief minister that all necessary facilities, including five ventilators, were available in the isolation ward.

Mr Alyani also inspected the Public Health Laboratory where he was informed that the laboratory had modern facilities for testing corona and Congo viruses and other infectious diseases.

Expressing satisfaction over the situation, he said that steps would be taken to expand the hospital and enhance medical facilities there.

The chief minister said that the health department and Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA)...