250 ventilators distributed among provinces: Asad Umar

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Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said that the federal government distributed 250 ventilators among the provinces in the last week.

"Of these, 72 were given to Punjab, 52 each to Sindh and KP and 20 to Balochistan," he wrote on Twitter.

The remaining 54 were distributed among Islamabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, he added.

Umar also announced that the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) has, in collaboration with National Information Technology Board, launched an updated version of government's Covid-19 app.

"An updated version of Covid-19 app will allow users to see availability of beds/vents & capacity/usage in real-time at various health centres across Pakistan," he said.

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