Pakistan will be increasing its testing capacity for COVID-19 in July, says Asad.

Islamabad -- Pakistan will be increasing its testing capacity for COVID-19 in July said Federal Minister for Planning Asad Umar.

The government aims to be able to conduct 100,000 tests per day next month. The current testing capacity of the country stands at 50,000 tests per day.

However, only 28,117 coronavirus tests were conducted over the past 24 hours, according to the government's official COVID-19 portal. The highest number of tests the country has done so far is 29,850 tests on June 12.

The planning minister said the coronavirus challenge can be overcome if the testing...

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