Farooq asserts to have controlled COVID-19 in AJK through solid measures, strategy.

MIRPUR (AJK) -- The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan on Thursday said that due to government's solid steps and strict measures, the situation of COVID-19 is under control in the state.

He expressed these views during the National Coordination Committee meeting presided over by Prime Minister Pakistan Imran Khan and attended by the Chief Ministers of all four provinces of Pakistan, Chief Minister Gilgit-Baltistan, federal ministers and other high-ranking officials, says a news release issued by AJK government here on Thursday.

The Prime Minister, according to the release, told that 78 coronavirus positive cases reported in the state so far. 'Out of these cases 58 victims had been completely recovered and discharged from the health facilities. Only 20 active cases were under treatment in the state', he added.

He said all available resources are being utilized to contain COVID-19 in the liberated area. 'Businesses were conditionally allowed to open five days in a week while two days complete lockdown was being observed in the state', He informed the meeting.

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