SHANGLA: Local police have received safety kits to keep themselves safe from coronavirus as suspected cases are being emerged in the district and surrounding areas. The safety kits distribution ceremony was held at District Police officer’s office at Alpuri here on Monday. SDPO Head Quarters, District Police Spokesman Umer Rehman and other police officals were present on the occasion. While …

SHANGLA: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa minister for Labour and culture, Shaukat Yousafzai has directed the deputy commissioner Shangla to release funds from the emergency funds to all the district hospitals for purchase of required equipment. Minister for Labour visited the district health facilities on Saturday and inspected the quarantine centers established in the district, Deputy Commissioner Shangla Imran Hussain Ranjha, DHO Shangla …

SHANGLA: A patient belongs to Makhozi area of Puran tehsil in Shangla tested positive of Coronavirus here on Thursday. Deputy Commissioner Shangla, Imran Hussain Ranjha, said while confirming the first coronavirus case in the district that the patient had a travel history of Lahore and recently came to Dunkacha village in Puran tehsil through Mardan. He said, the patient condition …

SHANGLA: The hospitals in the district face shortage of medical equipment including ventilators and temperature scanners that causes difficulties to doctors in providing care to Covid-19 patients, according to sources. They said that there were no ventilators in any of the hospitals in the district owing to which doctors referred patients with coronavirus symptoms to Saidu Teaching Hospital in Swat. …