WHO chief hailed Pakistan's anti-Covid-19 efforts: Asad Umar.

ISLAMABAD -- Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar on Monday said that Director-General World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom has hailed Pakistan's anti-Covid-19 efforts during a telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Imran Khan, media reported.

In a tweet on Monday, Asad Umar said the WHO chief has recognized the positive trend in COVID-19 curtailment in Pakistan

'Prime Minister asked the WHO to develop travel guidelines to be adopted by all countries to ensure that low income countries are not discriminated against in global travel,' he tweeted.

It is pertinent to mention here that the country recorded 3,344 new cases of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in the past 24 hours, taking the countrywide tally to 231,817 and casualties to 4,762 with...

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