Strategy to counter coronavirus, dengue soon: chief secretary.

LAHORE -- Punjab Chief Secretary Major (retd) Azam Suleman Khan Saturday reviewed a strategy for adopting preventive measures against coronavirus and steps to eradicate dengue in the province at the earliest.

The meeting was attended by Provincial Minister for Higher Education Raja Yasir Hamayun, Minister Auqaf Syed Saeed-ul-Hassan, Additional Chief Secretary, Additional Chief Secretary (Home), administrative secretaries of all departments, whereas all divisional commissioners and deputy commissioners joined the meeting through video-conferencing.

Speaking at the meeting at Civil Secretariat, the chief secretary said that officials of health and all relevant departments and field officers would have to work hard as per the standard operating procedures (SOPs) to control dengue. He directed all departments to ensure implementation of the SOPs issued in connection with dengue control.

He asked the officer to create awareness among people about the coronavirus by launching an effective province-wide campaign.

Secretary Primary Health Capt (retd) Muhammad Usman briefed the meeting that control rooms would be set up for monitoring of hotspots, surveillance and timely issuance of alerts. He said that the Health Department had started training on dengue at divisional headquarters and so...