{"id":17322,"date":"2024-08-17T13:23:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T13:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=17322"},"modified":"2024-08-17T13:23:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T13:23:34","slug":"prime-minister-directs-for-improved-monkeypox-screening-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=17322","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister directs for improved Monkeypox screening system"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"743\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG-20240817-WA0054-1024x743.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG-20240817-WA0054-1024x743.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG-20240817-WA0054-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG-20240817-WA0054-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG-20240817-WA0054-1536x1114.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG-20240817-WA0054-2048x1486.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Islamabad : Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed to enhance the effectiveness of Monkeypox screening systems at the country&#8217;s airports, seaports, and borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was chairing an important meeting regarding Monkeypox, in Islamabad today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister instructed the National Command and Operation Center to keep an eye on the Monkeypox situation in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Prime Minister also directed the Border Health Services to ensure thorough monitoring and stringent surveillance of the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the availability of all necessary testing equipment and kits for the disease should be ensured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Prime Minister directed to improve coordination with provincial governments, and the Governments of Gilgit-Baltistan, and the Azad Jammu and Kashmir to prevent the spread of the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shehbaz Sharif ordered to start an effective and comprehensive awareness campaign in this regard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Prime Minister said he will personally take weekly briefing on Monkeypox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The forum was briefed that recently, a person in Mardan tested positive for the virus. The infected individual was residing abroad for employment and recently returned to Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad : Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed to enhance the effectiveness of Monkeypox screening systems at the country&#8217;s airports, seaports, and borders. He was chairing an important meeting regarding&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":17323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,13],"tags":[1230,58],"class_list":["post-17322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-main-stories","tag-federal-secretary-of-health-services","tag-prime-minister-of-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17322"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17324,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17322\/revisions\/17324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}