'Everything's under control', NDMA chairman assures nation on Covid-19.

ISLAMABAD -- National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman Lieutenant General Muhammad Afzal has said there is no dearth of ventilators and personal protection equipment (PPE) to treat the Covid-19 patients across the country and 'everything is under control'.

Briefing media in Islamabad on Tuesday, he said at the moment, there are 4,200 ventilators in public and private hospitals in addition to 500 ventilators in military hospitals, adding that only 128 patients are on ventilators across the country, Radio Pakistan reported.

Lt-Gen Afzal said around 1,350 ventilators are being used for corona patients, which is less than half of the total capacity.

Around 2,000 ventilators will be required by the end of next month (June) for which, he said, a contingency plan has already been chalked out.

As of now, NDMA has 183 intensive care unit ventilators in its warehouses as well as oxygen, CPAP, and BiPAP ventilators, said the chairman, adding that the government has given orders to procure over 1,300 more ventilators from various countries. United States has also offered to donate 200...