Caretaker Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi after verification of two monkeypox patients has asked the Health department to get alert. Isolarion wards have been established in all the District Head Quarter Hospitals of Punjab.It has been decided to impart a special training to the doctors and paramedical staff for making monkeypox treatment.On the direction of Caretaker CM Mohsin Naqvi a special Ministetial Committee has been constituted in view of possible danger of monkeypox.The committee will comprise Provincial Minister for Specialised Health Care & Medical Education Doctor Javed Akram Provincial Minister for Primary & Secondary Health Care Doctor Jamal Nasir Provincial Education Minister Mansoor Qadir and concerned Secretaries.The Committee will regularly review the situation with regard to monkeypox.Primary & Secondary Health Care will establish Hot line and WhatsApp numbers for the facilitation of people.Caretaker CM Mohsin Naqvi presided over a high-level meeting on zoom at Punjab House Islamabad today in which pecautionary measures and preemptive steps from the prevention of monkeypox were reviewed.It was informed in the meeting during the briefing that monkeypox has been tested positive in two passengers coming from abroad to Pakistan.The other remaining passengers will be traced with the help of Civil Aviation Authority, NCOC and other concerned departments.Assistance from NADRA data base will also be taken to trace the passengers. It was informed during the briefing that monkeypox can spread by shaking hand with the affected patient, hugging or using clothes of the patient. The virüs can be prevented by wearing a mask and washing hands.The elderly people and children can be easily affected by monkeypox. The monkeypox virus can be diagnosed by PCR test.Monkeypox patients have been reported in 111 countries across the globe.. Provincial Minister for Specialised Health Care & Medical Education Doctor Javed Akram , Provincial Minister for Primary Health Care Doctor Jamal Nasir, Chief Secretary, concerned Secretaries, DG Health Services and other senior officials attended the meeting via zoom while Provincial Information Minister Amir Mir attended the meeting from Punjab House Islamabad.
