'Swab and go': Pakistan's first coronavirus drive-thru testing facility opens in Karachi
The testing centre will enable suspected patients to get tested without having to wait in long hospital queues.
A drive-through coronavirus testing centre has been established by the Sindh government in Karachi — the first such facility reported to be set up in Pakistan.
Established in Jahangir Kothari Parade area of Clifton, the testing centre will enable suspected Covid-19 patients to get themselves tested without having to wait in long hospital queues.
The doctors, paramedical staff, and other personnel deployed at the facility have been provided with all the necessary protective equipment and gear to safeguard against the virus, a press release earlier said.
According to the Sindh government, people who visit the testing station will be registered and given a number, but for the test to be conducted, they should possess a travel history or certain symptoms of the virus.
Header image: Medical staff members take information from a resident sitting in a car for a coronavirus test at a drive-through testing facility in Karachi on April 4. — AFP
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Apr 05, 2020 01:26am
good job hope they are not chinese defective kits.
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Apr 05, 2020 01:27am
Well done Sindh govt. a great step ,worth admiring and appreciating.Mr President and Mr PM !a humble request to stop playing politics and destroying PMDC ,please take practical steps like PPPP.PPPP jazaKALLAH KHAIR
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Apr 05, 2020 01:28am
Well done
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Apr 05, 2020 01:35am
Well done! Sindh Govt. A great step,worth admiring and appreciating. Mr President and Mr PM! a humble request to stop playing politics and spoiling PMDC. PPPP JazaKALLAH KHAIR
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Apr 05, 2020 01:37am
Well done Sindh Government..
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Apr 05, 2020 01:38am
Charges
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Apr 05, 2020 01:39am
Excellent.
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Apr 05, 2020 01:45am
You will know if you have the virus. Early symptoms are: fever and dry cough. People who have the symptoms should test.
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Apr 05, 2020 03:41am
Where are these kits from. Chinese ones are not working per. EU record.
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Apr 05, 2020 04:11am
Sindh Government’s initiative coronavirus drive-thru testing facility in Karachi to combat pandemic is appreciated.(Texas)
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Apr 05, 2020 04:44am
This is not protective gear.. they are wearing surgical gowns and surgical masks which are not at all protective.. they need to have proper PPE's as recommended by WHO. Please rectify your mistake in the article. Thanks.
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Apr 05, 2020 04:54am
Never read reports on as how many test kits are available in the country....
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Apr 05, 2020 06:36am
These should be set up in major urban centers ASAP.
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Apr 05, 2020 06:53am
Good initiative, but personel safety first...the medical staff is not fully covered as inter national protocol and SOPs suggest
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Apr 05, 2020 07:04am
As comendable as it is, we wish people take care of those who cannot afford the car, who are the vast majority both in India and Pakistan.
As always, elites in both countries are well taken care of
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Apr 05, 2020 07:30am
Good work but keep in mind Karachi's POPULATION.
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Apr 05, 2020 07:39am
What about poor who are more prone virus ?
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Apr 05, 2020 07:53am
Nice gesture but not everyone with the Coronavirus has a travel history, and there is no certainty that someone who is already infected, will display symptoms during the incubation period and could potentially pass it on to others. Certainly not everyone who is infected has a car.
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Apr 05, 2020 08:14am
Very nice, Pakistan.
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Apr 05, 2020 08:35am
Good Job..well done
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Apr 05, 2020 09:08am
Excellent news, good going!
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Apr 05, 2020 10:16am
Great
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Apr 05, 2020 10:42am
Why in Clifton??? An affluent neighborhood...
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Apr 05, 2020 02:43pm
Once again, the great city of Karachi, Islamic Republic of Pakistan took the lead. Well done and keep it up.
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Apr 05, 2020 04:28pm
Good intiative
But too far away from Karachi population save the elite
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Apr 05, 2020 07:32pm
Good initiative by Indus Hospital
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Apr 05, 2020 07:48pm
Useless and not so credibility testing kits
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Apr 05, 2020 09:00pm
@Abdullah, Why not?
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Apr 05, 2020 09:21pm
Pak govt should at least provide them standard safety equipment, it looks like formality
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Apr 06, 2020 03:46pm
Why some workers not wearing gloves and keeping minimum distance guidelines?
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Apr 06, 2020 08:38pm
Please don't touch your masks once you put them ON. The likely virus, if you came in contact with reside on the mask. Now, if you touch, you are likely to give it to other people
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