KARACHI: The city's public sector Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) has ordered a Korean company to provide it with primers and probes for the detection of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19), empowering the health varsity to analyze samples for the novel Coronavirus from the following week, while the National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad is likewise expected to begin analyzing the samples for novel Coronavirus from Monday after two shipments of primers and probes from Japan and another nation would arrive at Islamabad on Sunday night or Monday morning.
'We have ordered a Korean company to provide us with primers and probes for the detection of novel Coronavirus. They would arrive at the varsity one week from now, empowering us to analyze Coronavirus cases in the coming days. We as of now have the equipment, for example, Turn around Transcription PCR utilized for the detection of such infections,' Vice Chancellor, DUHS Prof. Saeed Quraishy revealed to The News on Saturday.
Authorities at NIH Islamabad said primers and probes from two distinct sources including the administration of Japan were relied upon to arrive at the government capital on Sunday evening or by Monday and included that subsequent to getting hold of the primers, they would start analyzing 2500 to 3000 samples for novel Coronavirus inside hours," Dr. Salman said Chief Public Health, Labs division at the NIH Islamabad. He kept up that they had likewise mentioned China and the United States to assist them with acquisition of vital primers and probes.
The doctors at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) had said on Friday that they would get the primers and probes from the United States by the following week, empowering them to begin the examination. Some other public and private health offices in Lahore and Islamabad are putting forth attempts to obtain primers for the detection.
In the interim, Vice Chancellor, DUHS Prof. Saeed Quraishy revealed to The News that they have set up a confinement ward at its Ojha Campus where they would have the option to hold 8 to 10 patients in the event that they are affirmed to be harassed with Coronavirus, where they would stay disconnected till recuperation.
He proceeded to state that on the solicitation from Sindh health department, World Health Organization (WHO) has provided them with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) including body overalls, disposable gloves, goggles, facemasks and other protective rigging and included that they additionally had their own stock of personal protective equipment with them. 'As we play out a few sorts of organ transplants, we as of now have a decent stock of PPE, adding that they were set up to manage associated patients with Coronavirus in Karachi.'
Then again, a survey of various markets uncovered an acute shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) after the Chinese nationals bought a large portion of the stock of body overalls, gloves, veils, and goggles in enormous amount, placing into danger the health specialists intend to get them for the local hospitals.
'Right now, there is an acute shortage of veils of various types particularly the N-95 and N-100 covers, specific bodysuits and overalls, face shields and gloves as just seven days back, the Chinese bought the majority of the personal protective apparatus,' a local wholesaler revealed to The News.
It merits referencing here that Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan has forced a prompt prohibition on the fare of personal protective equipment and its accumulating, cautioning the merchants and wholesalers of severe activity in the event that they were sent out or sold on over the top rates.
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