Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Health Taimur Salim Jhagar said on Thursday that the provincial government in collaboration with the World Bank was working to wipe out the corona pandemic from the country.
Talking to media here, he said the Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF)-supported Economic Revitalizing Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA project was financing purchase of 120 ventilators and 200,000 masks to meet the demand of the province.
"The KP health department and the World Bank are working together to address the COVID-19 pandemic. More support from WB and others will follow. We're in this together," he said.
The minister said if the people adopted all the precautionary measures and cooperated with the government the pandemic would be overcome soon, adding that efforts were being made to stop the spread of the disease.