Bilawal Bhutto calls for unity to fight coronavirus pandemic.

KARACHI -- Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah on Saturday briefed Chairman Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari over the provincial efforts to tackle coronavirus, media reported.

During a telephonic conversation, the chief minister briefed that the province was trying its best to improve testing capacity while efforts were also underway to provide relief to the public affected from coronavirus lockdown.

Speaking on the occasion, Bilawal Bhutto while lauding Murad Ali Shah said that the Sindh government has undertaken exemplary measures to prevent outbreak of the virus.

'The public confidence on the state has boosted owing to the provincial measures,' he said adding that currently the province leads in available health infrastructure as compared to other parts of the country.

'You have given a face to a people's government,' Bilawal said to Shah.

He said that the foremost priority of the government should be to save public lives. We all have to unite to fight this pandemic, Bilawal said.

It is pertinent to mention here that the confirmed coronavirus cases in Pakistan Saturday reached 4,788, according to the National Command and Operation Centre's latest statistics.

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