PM Imran Khan orders PTI to run country-wide coronavirus awareness campaign
- By Web Desk -
- Mar 16, 2020
ISLAMABAD: Under special directions of the Prime Minister, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has decided to initiate a country-wide awareness campaign on the dangers and prevention methods against the coronavirus pandemic, ARY News reported on Monday.
Chief organiser Saifullah Niazi has given orders entailing details of the campaign to relevant leaders in different cities of the country.
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PTI’s official social media team has been asked to build a digital campaign on the matter.
The campaign will educate the masses on COVID-19, novel coronavirus and will urge them to stay indoors till the threat of the deadly virus subsides.
PTI members will also go door-to-door and ask people to pay special emphasis to their hygiene while also holding practical hand-washing demonstrations across the country.
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