Pakistan exporting COVID-19 equipment worth $100m: Fawad Chaudhry.

ISLAMABAD -- Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday said Pakistan is exporting COVID-19 equipment worth $100 million, and after the local production of ventilators, the figure will rise further.

Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, he said a training group of 300 engineers would be formed to teach people how to operate the ventilators, whose production is expected to be complete within 60 days.

"The prime minister will hand over the [first tranche of] ventilators to the National Disaster Management Authority while returning from Lahore," the science minister said.

Chaudhry also revealed that two coronavirus testing kits had been designed and sent to the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan, of which one claims to provide results within 45 minutes.

'The testing kit, if approved, will available for home use,' he said, adding: 'All of our indigenous products are of international standards, while those which were imported had quality issues."

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