ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said on Sunday that the country is now able to produce its own face masks and protective clothing and in position to export sanitiser.
The Minister took to twitter and said that it is very close to producing its own N95 masks as well.
ہمیں پاکستانی اداروں اور پروفیشنلز پر فخر ہونا چاہئے جس طرح کرونا بحران میں انھوں نے کر دکھایا ہے، ہم آج Sanitizer ایکسپورٹ کرنے کی پوزیشن میں ہیں، ماسک ہم اپنے بنا رہے ہیں حتیٰ کہ N95 ماسک بھی بنانے کے بہت قریب ہیں، ڈاکٹرز کے دستانے، ڈاکٹرز کے لباس ہم نے اپنے بنائے ہیں
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 19, 2020
Fawad Chaudhry said the nation should be proud of Pakistani organisations and professionals who have risen to the challenge posed by the Covid-19 crisis.
He said testing kits and ventilators manufactured locally are going through final trials, recalling the country was importing all these things a few weeks back.
“These victories should serve as an eye opener for the despondent lot who tells us all time that we could not do anything,” he said.