A health worker takes the temperature of a man who returned from Iran and is under medical observation, after Pakistan sealed its border with Iran as a preventive measure following the coronavirus outbreak, at the border post in Taftan, Pakistan February 25, 2020. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed
Screening at Loralai entry points directed
Residents urged to adopt precautionary measures against the coronavirus
QUETTA: Secretary Colleges and Technical Education Muhammad Hashim Ghilzai has directed the authorities concerned to ensure the screening of commuters at the entry and exit points of Loralai city and urged the residents to adopt precautionary measures against the coronavirus.
“The provincial government has been utilising all available resources to stem the spread of coronavirus in Balochistan as it has become a pandemic,” he said during his visit to the medical colleges of the city to ensure provision of facilities for COVID-19 patients.
“The nation should take coronavirus seriously as it has caused thousands of deaths in the world,” he added.
Zhob Division Commissioner Sohailur Rehman Baloch, Loralai Deputy Commissioner Asadullah Khan Kakar and other staff members were present on the occasion.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 29th, 2020.
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