WASHINGTON DC – US To Give $1 Million To Pakistan Over Coronavirus Fight. The United States, on Friday, has announced to fund one million dollars to Pakistan to fight the novel coronavirus.
According to details, more than 470 people are test positive with Coronavirus in Pakistan. The total coronavirus related death toll is at 3.
United States Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Alice Wells, announced this via Twitter. She said that the US and Pakistan are longstanding partners in tackling global health challenges. She further said that the US will provide one million dollars to Pakistan under USAID programme. This will be to ‘bolster the monitoring and rapid response against coronavirus’.
And the U.S. and #Pakistan are longstanding partners in tackling global health challenges. There are 100+ recent Pakistani graduates of @CDCgov's epidemiology lab training on the ground investigating #COVID19 cases in #GilgitBaltistan & #Punjab right now. AGW #Partners4Prosperity
— State_SCA (@State_SCA) March 19, 2020
US To Give $1 Million To Pakistan Over Coronavirus Fight.
In another tweet, Wells said there are over a 100 Pakistani graduates working in the lab training of Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. They are investigating Coronavirus cases in Punjab and Gilgit Baltistan.