Pakistan send help to World Countries Fighting Coronvirus Killer: Medicines, Equipment, Doctors etc

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Mega thread: How Pakistan is Helping and sending supplies to the most affected world countries:

Pakistan has send massive help to China, Italy, Iran and other countries.

Lets just keep a single thread to note the amount of assistance Pakistan is providing, overseas Pakistanis, any single event to help the world fight off the Coronavirus

 

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On Late end March:
Pakistan donated 500,000 chloroquine tablets to Italy to save lives: Italian ministry


Pakistan has announced that it will donate 500,000 tablets of chloroquine, a medicine useful for the treatment of coronavirus patients, to Italy, the Italian foreign affairs ministry said in a statement on its website.

The statement said “the medications were made available by the local Armed Forces, as confirmed to our Ambassador by the Army Chief of Staff, General Bajwa.”

Italy’s Foreign Affairs Minister Luigi Di Maio appreciated Pakistan’s contribution of medicines at a time when the country is itself experiencing a severe spike in the number of infections.

Coronavirus has claimed over 8,100 lives in Italy and infected some 80,000 people in the country. In Pakistan, at least nine people have died due to the virus and over 12,00 are under treatment at the hospital across the country.

https://www.samaa.tv/global/2020/03...0-anti-coronavirus-tablets-to-italy-ministry/

 

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Mega thread: How Pakistan is Helping and sending supplies to the most affected world countries:

Pakistan has send massive help to China, Italy, Iran and other countries.

Lets just keep a single thread to note the amount of assistance Pakistan is providing, overseas Pakistanis, any single event to help the world fight off the Coronavirus

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Pakistan: Iron Brother responds to the epidemic in Wuhan, China

https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2020/02/06/pakistan-iron-brother-responds-to-the-epidemic-in-wuhan/

In February, when China was most suffering from Coronavirus, Pakistan send massive help to China, Wuhan

Published 2 months ago
on February 6, 2020
By Moaaz Awan

Meanwhile China is struggling to contain the viral outbreak centered in Wuhan where the medical supplies are increasingly under stress, the Pakistani government has sent its first consignment of aid to China to facilitate the Chinese government’s fight against deadly novel Coronavirus.

The Pakistani government has allocated 300,000 medical masks, 800 hazmat suits and 6,800 pairs of gloves from the stocks of public hospitals around the nation and transported the aid to China. The medical supplies from Pakistan arrived in China on Saturday 1st February. The Spokesperson of China’s ministry of foreign affairs also made a comment about aid received from Pakistan. He said, “To help China fight against #nCoV, Russia, Pakistan, ROK, Belarus, France, Germany, Malaysia and UNICEF and many others are providing assistance and support to China. Thanks to you all! A friend in need is a friend indeed,” tweeted the spokesperson.

This move by Pakistan although, not enough but represents the gesture by the Pakistani state and the people to show solidarity with their brethren in China. The people of Pakistan are also standing with the Chinese nation. 29 years old Usman, a Pakistani teacher at Changsha Medical College,is voluntarily on ground-zero in Wuhan, helping out with the medical emergency. Usman graduated from Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine with a bachelor’s degree in 2012, and a master’s degree in medicine at Central South University in Changsha. After graduation, he became a foreign teacher at Changsha Medical College. During the four years since his return to his hometown, he has always been unable to forget China and Changsha, he said that China has provided him with good opportunities for education and employment and realized his dream.

Central Government Aware and Alert

In ancient times, the Chinese used to say, “The Mountains are high and the Emperor is far” to represent the lack of coordination between the central and local governments. This time however as soon as the intensity of the outbreak was reported by the Local government, the Central Government sprang into action. First Wuhan with 11 Million inhabitants was sealed off. Then 8 adjoining cities were sealed off too making the total number of people sealed to 56 million.

The China Development Bank, one of the country’s major policy banks, offered emergency loans worth 2 billion Yuan (about 288.3 million U.S. dollars) Friday to Wuhan for prevention and control of the novel coronavirus. The country’s finance ministry Thursday allocated 1 billion Yuan to support Hubei’s battle against the prevention and coordination of the virus. Authorities in Wuhan decided to build two makeshift hospitals — Huoshenshan with 700 to 1,000 beds and Leishenshan with a capacity of 1,300 to 1,500 beds to treat the infected patients. The construction of the two facilities is underway. The Huoshenshan and Leishenshan hospitals will be put into use on Feb. 3 and Feb. 6, respectively.

China won’t hide facts

What is something to be commended is that instead of hiding the situation, the Chinese authorities have declared all the facts and even made an updated website for the continuous sharing of information regarding the viral outbreak The WHO has shown complete trust in China’s efforts to contain the virus, which shows the global body’s trust on the Chinese authorities.

In a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and the WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom, the Chinese President said, “The virus is a devil and we cannot let the devil hide” stressing that China will not hide anything and will pursue all out measures against the viral outbreak transparently. The WHO Chief was satisfied and said that China’s speed, scale and efficiency of response is rarely seen in the world,. This is the advantage of the Chinese system, and the experience is worth learning for other countries. He also added that the measures taken by China are not only protecting the Chinese people, but also the people of the world.

The world has appreciated China’s efforts. President Trump tweeted “China has been working very hard to contain the Coronavirus. The United States greatly appreciates their efforts and transparency. It will all work out well. In particular, on behalf of the American People, I want to thank President Xi!”

Some good news

In this ever apocalyptic situation however there is good news too. First the fatality rate of (2019-nCoV) is 2.8% as compared to 10% of that of SARS. Secondly, the Chinese had learnt some painful but valuable experiences during the SARS epidemic, which this time around was useful for prevention. Thirdly, initial vaccines have been made and are currently being tested in lab to see their effects. Fourthly, due to the involvement of technology in Chinese system, it has been easier to identify the movement and spread of the virus. Various apps have been launched to the public so that they may identify potential carriers and keep themselves and their families safe.

China, acting as a mature and responsible global player is voluntarily bearing the brunt of the viral outbreak in physical, emotional and economic terms. Some of the responses are rather severe, nonetheless necessary to stop the virus from becoming a global problem. The world has to acknowledge these steps and support and strengthen the Chinese fight against the virus. Support can come in ways of medical equipment, expertise and information sharing. The world must bring its act together to save humanity.

https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2020/02/06/pakistan-iron-brother-responds-to-the-epidemic-in-wuhan/

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Pakistani scientist donates cash to help fight coronavirus in China

Web Desk
10:30 PM | 13 Feb, 2020

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BEIJING – A Pakistani scientist, Dr Munawar Iqbal engaged in research at high-energy institutes in China had decided to stand strong with his Chinese friends and offered to work with the Chinese authorities to fight coronavirus epidemic in Hubei Province.

He decided to stay in China with his family and also contributed a handsome amount to the Red Cross Society of Hubei province.

His 9-year old daughter, Zoha Munawar conveyed her blessings to the people in the affected areas through a video and expressed her determination to work with the Chinese to overcome the epidemic.

At present, this video has been broadcast through CCTV's new media platform-Central Video App.

Coronavirus outbreak in China

China on Thursday removed the top political leadership in Hubei, the province at the centre of the escalating coronavirus outbreak, shortly after health officials there reported 242 people died from the virus on Wednesday - more than twice the number of the previous day and the highest daily toll since the outbreak began. This has raised the death toll to 1,367.

The province and its capital Wuhan where the infection now known as COVID-19 is thought to have originated in late December also reported more than 14,800 new cases of the infection after adopting new clinical methods to diagnose the virus.

The number of infected across China rose to 59,805.

Earlier this month, Zhang Qin, full-time deputy director of the Hubei branch of the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC), was removed from office for dereliction of duty in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic.

Mr Zhang was also dismissed from the leading party members group of the RCSC Hubei branch committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and given a serious intra-party warning as well as a serious administrative demerit, it said.

An investigation showed that certain officials and cadres with the RCSC Hubei branch failed to take responsibility when receiving and distributing donated funds and relief goods in the effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus epidemic that originated in the provincial capital Wuhan.

They were also found to have violated regulations and be responsible for information disclosure errors, the commission said in a notice.

 

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Fighting coronavirus in UK: Pakistani couple providing elderly free-of-charge sanitary packs to Britons

MANCHESTER: A Pakistani couple in Britain is giving away face masks, hand sanitizers and cleaning wipes to the elderly free-of-charge in a bid to help fight the deadly coronavirus.

Elderly locals can either pick up the pack from the store directly or can have it delivered to their door by contacting the couple via phone or Facebook.

Asiyah Javed, who runs the store with husband Jawad Javed, said: "I was out shopping the other day [when] I met this old woman. She was so distressed and was crying because she couldn’t get any sanitizer, tissues or everyday essentials from the supermarket."

"I feel it is not fair on the elderly -- some can't even get out of their house. Therefore, we decided to make some packs for the elderly for free and to some of them even we had delivered at their doors," she added.

“We are delivering 30 packages to a care home where there are 30 people living, and we’ve got another couple of hundred in the shop. Some people are asking for them to be delivered as they’re old, or disabled, or don’t drive. We are just trying to help people who can’t get out of the house," she further said.

Her husband, Jawad Javed, echoed the sentiment. "I am delighted that so many people are helping the elderly now. Our goodwill gesture has motivated others and [other] people around the UK are also helping others in this difficult time. Each bag costs us about £2 to put together and we have delivered 500 of them," he told Geo News.

“One of the central principles of Islam is helping others. We have spent a lot of time with our grandparents and we feel that if they were alive, we wouldn't want them to be struggling," he further added.

Panic buying in many parts of the UK has seen supermarket shelves emptied of items such as toilet roll and painkillers, while online shopping sites including Amazon and eBay have seen packs of hand sanitizer hiked up to hundreds of pounds each by opportunistic sellers.

 

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Pakistan National Assembly Speaker sends deep condolences letters to all the most suffering countries in world.
National Assembly of Pakistan@NAofPakistan

Speaker National Assembly @AsadQaiserPTI has offered deep condolences over the loss of precious lives due to #COVID19 pandemic through letters addressed to the Speakers of the National Parliaments of the all notable countries.

https://twitter.com/NAofPakistan/status/1247587690297491456?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed&ref_url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/281384-coronavirus-updates-april-7-latest-news-on-the-covid-19-pandemic-from-pakistan-and-around-the-world

ISLAMABAD - Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza share updates of Pakistan cases day by day TV meetings:

 

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China acknowledges Pakistan’s full support, says will never forget help of global community
20, 2020


BEIJING, March 20 (APP)::Acknowledging Pakistan’s support against Covid-19 outbreak, Chinese foreign ministry’s spokesperson Friday said that China will never forget the political support and material donations provided to China by the international community at the time when China’s new corona pneumonia epidemic was at its worst.

During the time when China’s medical supplies were most scarce, a Pakistani special transport plane arrived in China on February 1 and sent valuable medical supplies, Geng Shuang said during his regular briefing.
He said after the outbreak in Pakistan, the Chinese government immediately assisted Pakistan with supplies such as testing reagents, masks, protective clothing, and will actively support the Pakistani side in building an isolated hospital.

“Relevant provinces and cities in China also donated masks to Islamabad and Karachi,” he added.
The spokesperson said at present, China was also extending assistance to countries affected by the epidemic, adding, “We have made efforts in four main areas: First, in terms of intergovernmental assistance, the Chinese government has announced assistance to 82 countries, WHO and the AU , Including testing reagents, masks, protective clothing, etc., many batches of aid materials have been delivered to the recipient.”

Second, in terms of medical technology cooperation, China shared its diagnosis and treatment programs with countries around the world, held video conferences with health experts from many countries and international organizations, and dispatched medical expert groups to Iran, Iraq, and Italy, he added.

Geng Shuang said, third, in terms of local government assistance, relevant Chinese local governments had donated materials to cities in South Korea, Japan, Italy and other countries. Fourth, in terms of non-governmental assistance, many Chinese enterprises and non-governmental organizations had begun to provide donations to relevant countries.

He said that South Korea was one of the first countries to donate anti-epidemic materials to China.
After the Korean epidemic became worse, the Chinese government assisted South Korea with medical supplies such as masks and protective clothing. More than 20 local governments donated masks, protective clothing, goggles, testing reagents, thermometers and other materials.

He said that Italy had expressed political solidarity and provided material support for China to fight the epidemic.
After the epidemic in Italy was severe, the Chinese government and several local governments had donated medical supplies to Italy.

“We have already sent two groups of medical experts, and we are about to send the third batch. I just learned that the China Silk Road Fund has decided to donate 20,000 N95 masks and 20,000 test reagents to the Italian Civil Protection Agency and the Lombardy Region Government,” he added.

https://www.app.com.pk/china-acknow...s-will-never-forget-help-of-global-community/

 

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Pakistan condoles with Turkey over COVID-19 demises

Pakistan's Khan, Turkish President Erdogan agree two countries must cooperate in fight against coronavirus

Islamuddin Sajid |07.04.2020

ISLAMABAD

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday offered his condolences to Turkey over the lives claimed by the new coronavirus.

A statement issued by the prime minister’s office said Khan reaffirmed Pakistan’s abiding support and solidarity with Turkey, including in Turkey’s efforts to combat the pandemic, during a phone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

“The two leaders agreed that Pakistan and Turkey must work together and reinforce each other’s efforts in the fight against COVID-19,” the statement added.

Khan also conveyed his thanks to Erdogan for the Turkish government’s facilitation of stranded Pakistanis in the aftermath of suspension of flights.

Turkey on Tuesday confirmed 725 fatalities from the coronavirus.

The total number of confirmed cases surged past 34,000, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca told a news conference in the capital Ankara.



Global situation

After originating in Wuhan, China last December, the COVID-19 virus has spread to at least 184 countries and regions across the world, with its epicenter shifting to Europe, while China has largely come out of the crisis.

The virus infected over 1.38 million people worldwide, while some 293,000 people recovered from the disease, according to data compiled by the U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University. Over 78,200 have died.

Despite the rising number of cases, most people who get infected suffer only mild symptoms and make a recovery.

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Pakistan allowed export of respiratory masks to China Sufficient stocks of masks, gloves to face any untoward situation: DRAP

Zubair Qureshi

The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) gave a go-ahead to various respiratory mask manufacturing companies for export of respiratory masks and other personal protection equipment (PPE) to China. Hundreds and thousands of Masks were 'Exported' to China during the peak of Pandemic in China.

The request has been granted on the special request of the Chinese embassy due to Novel Coronavirus (NCV), an official of the authority told Pakistan Observer here Sunday.

Earlier the authority had banned export of respiratory (N95) masks, goggles or face shields, disposable gloves, disposable gowns, etc on Jan 30 due to a heavy increase in their demand and fearing they would not be adequately available for the local market.

However, on Feb 8 as many as five companies were allowed to export the equipment and written directions regarding relaxation of rules were issued.

Ban on export had been imposed as the masks were in high demand across the country due to panic triggered by the NCV outbreak in China and its spread in some other countries and toxic gas leak in Karachi’s Keamari, which claimed a number of lives, the official further said.

DRAP also conducted a raid against business houses for the sale of masks in black market but later it allowed their export,” the official said adding it was to ensure availability of masks in Pakistan but later it was lifted on the special request made by the Chinese embassy.

“We have allowed export of masks and other equipment due to close relations with China. However, we have sufficient stock of the equipment,” he said.

DRAP has also offered companies to manufacture equipment in Pakistan and licences would be issued without any delay in this regard.

The mask manufacturing companies can start exporting the equipment after manufacturing because there is huge demand of such equipment abroad.

National Task Force (NTF) under Drap has carried out 3,169 inspections during last three months and registered 5,072 contraventions of Drap Act 2012 and Drugs Act, 1976. NTF consists of federal and provincial drug inspectors who campaigned against spurious and falsified medicine throughout the country. During this activity 243 permissions were granted to lodge FIRs against the culprits.

Stocks of 714 medicines were seized for quality and safety concerns under Drap Act 2012 and respective drug sale rules of the provinces.
A total of 55 cases of substandard drugs, 237 cases of unregistered drugs and 18 cases of overpriced drug sale were registered in this short period of three months.

https://pakobserver.net/pakistan-allows-export-of-respiratory-masks-to-china-sufficient-stocks-of-masks-gloves-to-face-any-untoward-situation-drap/

 

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Pakistani women leading relief activities in US

Pakistani women in the US have taken the lead role regarding provision of relief activities against coronavirus both in the US and Pakistan.

Syma Nadeem, PTI MNA and Parliamentary secretary for interprovincial coordination, who is currently in USA told that women entrepreneurs and philanthropists who are Pakistani by birth and living in USA were united to save the efectees of corona virus. She told that the target is to collect donations of 5 million rupees and to send it to Pakistan to help the victims of coronavirus.

Fauzia Qasuri, famous politician and philanthropist said that US government has acknowledged the role of Pakistani Americans for serving various communities in United States. She was referring to the statement of US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells who has appreciated Pakistani Americans for provision of food and assistance both in Pakistan and United States.

Moona Shahab, Director NCWE (National Centre for Women Entrepreneurs) said “I have been living in USA for the past thirty years but our hearts beat with the people of Pakistan. Whenever we, the Pakistani Americans see that our people in Pakistan have been hit by any mishap, we put all possible efforts to support our country fellows. Women in USA have been collectively working for provision ration, healthcare facilities and guidance our communities living in USA.

Ayesha Khan, CEO CDC (Children Development Centre) said that coronavirus is a global challenge. It is the time that we all should get united to tackle with this challenge. She said that children and the elderly people have been hard hit by this pandemic because they have low immunity. She said that teams of the volunteers have been constituted for provision of relief services both in Karachi and the US. Commissioner for Women Affairs at Maryland Department of Human Services Ishrat Memon said that everyone should do whatever one can do to help the victims of covid-19. She said that women here have been providing free meals in Pakistani communities. Every little deed counts for something greater good, she added.

https://dailytimes.com.pk/592061/pakistani-women-leading-relief-activities-in-us/

 

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https://www.researchsnipers.com/tho...-thank-pakistan-for-support-amid-coronavirus/

Thousands of Chinese People Thank Pakistan for Support Amid Coronavirus

2 months ago Aiman Bilal

The people of China are showing their gratitude towards Pakistan for all the support and love, the nation has extended in their time of need.


At a time when the world has maintained a distance from China owing to the outbreak of coronavirus, Pakistan has stood firm with its iron friend.

The people of China have taken it to Twitter for expressing their gratitude for being a partner in the fight against the deadly virus as hashtag #Thank you, Russia Pakistan# has become an overnight hit in the nation.

One of the users has posted a cartoon of a panda, a bear, and a goat showing China, Russia and Pakistan.

The cartoon shows Pakistan is giving away its skin to China for helping his need. The post that has more than 22,000 shares and more than 15,000 comments, goes with the caption, “It’s all for you, my bro!”

The sense of gratitude has been extended to the Chinese people residing outside the nation. As per the recent development, a Chinese professor working at a university in Japan has denied accepting the thesis evaluation fees from a Pakistani university.

Instead, he drafted a letter of thanks to the university expressing his gratitude towards the country for all the support it has shown in mid of the threat of coronavirus.

 

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Govt again bans export of anti-malaria medicine manufactured in Pakistan
Mubarak Zeb Khan
Updated April 11

Commerce ministry issues new notification days after withdrawing the ban. — AFP/File

ISLAMABAD: Four days after withdrawing a ban on the export of all anti-malaria drugs, the ministry of commerce has again imposed the ban on the medicines to stockpile them in case of their possible use to treat Covid-19 patients.

The ban that has been imposed with immediate effect will remain in place until further decision of the National Coordination Committee (NCC) on Covid-19, according to SRO297 of 2020 issued here by commerce ministry on Friday.

The demand for export of anti-malaria drugs especially hydroxychloroquine gained importance after US President Donald Trump claimed that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved the use of “very powerful” drug Chloroquine to treat Covid-19.

For almost a week, there was confusion between the commerce division and the national health ministry about who was authorised to move a summary for allowing the export of or impose a ban on the anti-malaria medicines.

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Commerce ministry issues new notification days after withdrawing the ban

The commerce division had earlier termed a letter of Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) seeking ban on exports of masks inappropriate.

According to an official source, the commerce division in the wake of the NCC meeting issued an order on April 3 banning the export of all anti-malaria drugs with immediate effect. “We have issued the order to implement the decision quickly,” the official said, adding it was decided that post-facto approval would be sought from the cabinet.

However, that order did not go down well with the national health ministry.

To resolve the issue, it was agreed that national health ministry would submit a summary to the federal cabinet for getting approval of imposing ban on export of all anti-malaria drugs.

The cabinet in its meeting on April 6 approved the ban, the source said. Interestingly, the commerce ministry on April 6 issued another order to withdraw its April 3 order regarding the imposition of ban on the export of all anti-malarial drugs.

To implement the cabinet meeting decision, the commerce ministry issued a new notification for imposing the ban on the medicine export, which was dated April 9. However, the notification was released to the media on Friday.

There are approximately 20 companies, which are manufacturing anti-malaria drugs.

At the same time to restrict use of anti-malaria drugs in domestic market, Drap has already asked medical stores to sell the drugs on doctors’ prescriptions only.

As per Drap record, there are around 25 million tablets and around 9,000 kilograms of raw material available in the market to produce drugs. The authority believes that the country has sufficient stock to meet any emergency.

According to an official statement of Drap, the Central Licensing Board of Drap has approved local manufacturing of Chloroquine Phosphate-Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API). Now Chloroquine API can be manufactured indigenously to meet the requirement of those pharmaceutical companies that prepare Chloroquine phosphate tablets, injections and syrups, it adds.

Tax exemption

Meanwhile, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) exempted funds meant for Prime Minister’s Covid-19 Pandemic Relief Fund-2020.

According to an income tax notification SRO300 of 2020 issued on Friday, all such funds will be exempted from income tax at any stage. No tax will be charged on transfer of such funds, cash withdrawal from banks, and banking transactions other than cash.

Published in Dawn, April 11th, 2020

 

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Govt again bans export of anti-malaria medicine manufactured in Pakistan
Mubarak Zeb Khan
Updated April 11

Commerce ministry issues new notification days after withdrawing the ban. — AFP/File

ISLAMABAD: Four days after withdrawing a ban on the export of all anti-malaria drugs, the ministry of commerce has again imposed the ban on the medicines to stockpile them in case of their possible use to treat Covid-19 patients.

The ban that has been imposed with immediate effect will remain in place until further decision of the National Coordination Committee (NCC) on Covid-19, according to SRO297 of 2020 issued here by commerce ministry on Friday.

The demand for export of anti-malaria drugs especially hydroxychloroquine gained importance after US President Donald Trump claimed that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved the use of “very powerful” drug Chloroquine to treat Covid-19.

For almost a week, there was confusion between the commerce division and the national health ministry about who was authorised to move a summary for allowing the export of or impose a ban on the anti-malaria medicines.

ARTICLE CONTINUES AFTER AD

Commerce ministry issues new notification days after withdrawing the ban

The commerce division had earlier termed a letter of Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) seeking ban on exports of masks inappropriate.

According to an official source, the commerce division in the wake of the NCC meeting issued an order on April 3 banning the export of all anti-malaria drugs with immediate effect. “We have issued the order to implement the decision quickly,” the official said, adding it was decided that post-facto approval would be sought from the cabinet.

However, that order did not go down well with the national health ministry.

To resolve the issue, it was agreed that national health ministry would submit a summary to the federal cabinet for getting approval of imposing ban on export of all anti-malaria drugs.

The cabinet in its meeting on April 6 approved the ban, the source said. Interestingly, the commerce ministry on April 6 issued another order to withdraw its April 3 order regarding the imposition of ban on the export of all anti-malarial drugs.

To implement the cabinet meeting decision, the commerce ministry issued a new notification for imposing the ban on the medicine export, which was dated April 9. However, the notification was released to the media on Friday.

There are approximately 20 companies, which are manufacturing anti-malaria drugs.

At the same time to restrict use of anti-malaria drugs in domestic market, Drap has already asked medical stores to sell the drugs on doctors’ prescriptions only.

As per Drap record, there are around 25 million tablets and around 9,000 kilograms of raw material available in the market to produce drugs. The authority believes that the country has sufficient stock to meet any emergency.

According to an official statement of Drap, the Central Licensing Board of Drap has approved local manufacturing of Chloroquine Phosphate-Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API). Now Chloroquine API can be manufactured indigenously to meet the requirement of those pharmaceutical companies that prepare Chloroquine phosphate tablets, injections and syrups, it adds.

Tax exemption

Meanwhile, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) exempted funds meant for Prime Minister’s Covid-19 Pandemic Relief Fund-2020.

According to an income tax notification SRO300 of 2020 issued on Friday, all such funds will be exempted from income tax at any stage. No tax will be charged on transfer of such funds, cash withdrawal from banks, and banking transactions other than cash.

Published in Dawn, April 11th, 2020

So Pakistan is indigenously making HCQ api while supah powah india has to beg to Finland for manufacturing these medicines. Good

 

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So Pakistan is indigenously making HCQ api while supah powah india has to beg to Finland for manufacturing these medicines. Good

Pakistan gave China the medicine when they demanded without show off. We gave it to Saudis, Iran, Italy, Qatar UAE and so on without anybody really knowing much. Pakistan has no restrictions on demand export. Pakistan production capacity is in millions per day.