(Asian Development Bank) ADB secures $7m USAID (United State Agency for International Development) from the United State’s Government for their ongoing project to eliminate the secondary effects of Covid-19 in Pakistan.
In this regard, USAID Mission Director Julie Koenen and ADB Country Director Yong Ye attended a signing ceremony in Islamabad on Thursday.
US embassy said:
ADB secures $7m USAID contribution to provide cash grants to Pakistani families in need of financial assistance due to the pandemic. The grants will be distributed through the ‘Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme’ managed by the Benazir Income Support Fund Programme. USAID’s funds also will provide technical and administrative support to ensure effectiveness, accountability, and transparency for the programme beneficiaries.
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), which serves as the nerve centre of the government’s unified effort to control the spread of the pandemic, said:
Meanwhile, the national tally of active Covid-19 cases rose slightly on Thursday to 22,501, as 460 more people tested positive for the virus while 336 people recovered from the disease during the last 24 hours. And 10 patients, including three on ventilators, died during the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide death toll to 28,638. National positivity ratio rose to 1.11% on Thursday, almost double of 0.64% recorded two days ago. At present, it added 1,087 patients were admitted to various hospitals across the country, including 1,044 in critical condition. It added that 121 patients were on ventilators.
According to the NCOC data:
As of Thursday, the national caseload of the disease since the pandemic outbreak in February 2020 rose to 1,280,822. Among them, 1,229,683 people made full recovery, depicting a significant recovery ratio of more than 90%.
