By Mukhtar Alam:

Volunteers and medical staff performed the inauguration of a 1,200-bed field isolation facility at the Karachi Expo Centre in the presence of Sindh Governor Imran Ismail, Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Pechuho and Corps Commander Karachi, Lt-General Humayun Aziz, on April 2.

While reviewing the arrangements at the emergently established corona treatment facility, the Governor also announced a provision of 5,000 sets of personal protective gears for the isolation centre.

It was announced that the centre will remain functional until the Coronavirus pandemic was completely eradicated.

Dr Azra Pechuho said that the Sindh government would provide all possible support to keep the isolation facility operational. The new facility is meant for patients who will be confirmed as having contracted the Coronavirus.

In addition to general isolation wards, the facility has an intensive care unit as well, said an official communication.