ISLAMABAD (HRNW) – Adviser to the Prime Minister on Climate Change, Malik Amin Aslam Friday said National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) was the first institution to respond amid COVID-19 outbreak and provided Rs8 billion to National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to procure medical and necessary equipment for fighting the pandemic.
Addressing a media briefing with Chairman NDRMF, Lieutenant General (R) Nadeem Ahmed, he said Ministry of Climate Change has managed this financing for COVID-19 or Coronavirus mitigation measures in liaison with the NDRMF.
Amin said the funding was released in record 24 hours to NDMA and orders for required equipment were placed consequently in China. “I congratulate Chairman NDRMF on this achievement. The first tranche booked items from China have reached today. It included 50 mobile X-Ray machines, 1 lac testing kits, 1 lac N-95 masks and five lac surgical masks.”
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