Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Care Commission is launching a training programme to ensure adherence to the social distancing and infection control measures, wearing face masks and hand sanitising among healthcare providers in private sector to prevent spread of Covid-19.

“The initiative first of its kind in the country is meant to educate healthcare providers in private health facilities to observe standard operating procedures (SoPs) during the pandemic and safeguard people and themselves from Covid-19 infection,” Dr Maqsood Ali, chief executive officer of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Care Commission (HCC), told Dawn.

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