Dr Zafar Mirza said that the federal government is providing all necessary equipment to the doctors and paramedical staff through NDMA to fight coronavirus pandemic.
PM Imran Khan has reprimanded his special assistant over the misconduct and failure to present the federal government's efforts to contain COVID-19 pandemic in the SC.
Dr Zafar Mirza, while addressing a joint press conference with planning minister Asad Umar, said the health authorities were making maximum efforts to controlling the local transmission of coronavirus disease.
The special assistant said 857 people out of total 1526 COVID patients arrived in Pakistan from Iran. 191 people came from other countries and 420 patients were locally transmitted.