Govt makes it mandatory to wear masks at crowded places

ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza has made it mandatory to wear masks at crowded places. Addressing a press conference on Saturday, he said that the coronavirus epidemic is spreading as well patients and deaths are increasing. “We will have to follow the standard operating procedures (SOPs). Rumours are being spread that country’s health system has collapsed,” he said. Dr Zafar Mirza said that they had conducted 532,000 tests and 36 percent patients have recovered so far. He said that so far 1,395 people have died due to coronavirus. “Over 357,000 people have been killed due to coronavirus worldwide. “Four of 78 people killed in Pakistan in a day are medical staffers,” he said.