Trump assures Pakistan of support during Covid-19 crisis, says will provide 'ventilators and economi

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Trump assures Pakistan of support during Covid-19 crisis, says will provide 'ventilators and economic help'
Sanaullah KhanUpdated April 22, 2020

In this file photo US President Donald Trump (R) and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan (L) hold a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, September 23, 2019. — AFP/ File
United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday assured Pakistan of support during the coronavirus crisis and said that the US would provide "ventilators and economic help".

Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Trump in a telephone conversation discussed challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, its effect on the global economy and ways to mitigate its impact, according to an official statement from the Prime Minister House.

The call was an extension of the premier's diplomatic outreach efforts related to his Global Debt Relief Initiative. The initiative aims to bring together leaders from different countries "notably from the Paris Club, Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) and heads of international organisations" to push for a more coordinated response to the pandemic.

Based on the premier's belief that "enhanced fiscal capacity is fundamental to recovery from the ongoing pandemic", the initiative seeks to lay the ground for urgent debt relief for developing countries without "onerous conditionalities".

The premier thanked the US president for American support in international forums, particularly the International Monetary Fund.

The US president offered to send a rapid testing machine for Covid-19 to the prime minister after learning that he would get tested for the virus.

During the telephone call, the premier conveyed "his condolences to President Trump on the loss of so many precious lives" in the US because of the coronavirus.

Prime Minister Imran also informed the US president of Pakistan's efforts to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, emphasising that the country was "facing a dual challenge" — to control the spread of the virus and to protect people, particularly the weakest sector of society from dying of hunger amid the lockdown.

He added that the government had recently introduced an $8 billion package to support those affected by the pandemic.

The prime minister also reiterated Pakistan's support for "facilitation of the Afghan peace process and underscored the importance of next steps leading to the earliest commencement of Intra-Afghan negotiations," the statement added.

 

[Safriz]

Funny.
The guy who can't assure his own people about the same problem, is assuring a foreign country?
But good gesture and appreciate the pleasantries.

 

[Canuck786]

USA has 15000 ventilators sitting idle because none of the states want them. He had mentioned that he will try to ship them to other countries that need them. He is a true businessman. Irony is ventilators are not being effective in corona affected patients.

 

[UKBengali]

USA has 15000 ventilators sitting idle because none of the states want them. He had mentioned that he will try to ship them to other countries that need them. He is a true businessman. Irony is ventilators are not being effective in corona affected patients.

In the UK 50-60% of people being put on ventilators are surviving so it is better than the alternative
of almost certain death at the point you need to decide whether to use a ventilator or not.

 

[Canuck786]

In the UK 50-60% of people being put on ventilators are surviving so it is better than the alternative
of almost certain death at the point you need to decide whether to use a ventilator or not.

I am just relying on what these experts keep saying on media. I heard someone say that covid-19 is attacking the hemoglobin whereby it detaches the iron from hemoglobin which becomes poisonous for the body thus causing deaths. Accordingly, all of this happens outside the lungs thus making a ventilator ineffective in these cases.

 

[masterchief_mirza]

someone say that covid-19 is attacking the hemoglobin whereby it detaches the iron from hemoglobin

A single research paper made this claim about a week ago and that paper was pre-publication. It was almost immediately debunked due to incorrect inferences, interpretation and analysis methods. It's safe to ignore this proposal of "Covid attacking red blood cells".

(Unless some new robust research arises of course).

 

[Taimoor Khan]

So he called after Pakistan approved chloroquin for US just yesterday? Interesting timing.

 

[Turingsage]

Funny.
The guy who can't assure his own people about the same problem, is assuring a foreign country?
But good gesture and appreciate the pleasantries.

What he ACTUALLY SAID was that IK asked him for ventilators and he said he would send some. I heard IK on BBC radio too asking for food aid

 

[Politico]

Trump committed more than $US 25million to South Africa recently

 

[Haris Ali2140]

What he ACTUALLY SAID was that IK asked him for ventilators and he said he would send some. I heard IK on BBC radio too asking for food aid

Not you again. Read the post again dumbo.

 

[American Pakistani]

Thank you to United States. Hopefully we all come out of this crises strong.