Monitoring Desk
US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Alice Wells has said the United States would provide one million dollars to Pakistan under USAID programme to bolster the monitoring and rapid response against Coronavirus.
Pakistan is presently grappling with spread of the pandemic of pneumonic disease with about 450 confirmed infections across the country, English newspaper Express Tribune reported.
#US 🇺🇸 announces $1 million aid for #Pakistan 🇵🇰 to combat #coronavirus https://t.co/WrHMASZmJ1 @State_SCA @USAID_Pakistan @usembislamabad #TogetherWeCan #CoronavirusOutbreak #CoronavirusPandemic
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In a tweet on Friday, she said that U.S. and Pakistan both are longstanding partners in tackling global health challenges. “The U.S. government is responding to #COVID-19 in #Pakistan with initial $1 million in USAID Pakistan funding to bolster monitoring & rapid response,” said the US official.
She further said that there are over hundred Pakistani graduates engaged in the lab training of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, investigating Coronavirus cases in Punjab and Gilgit Baltistan.
