{"id":63573,"date":"2020-04-03T11:48:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T06:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63573"},"modified":"2020-04-03T11:48:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T06:48:28","slug":"expo-centre-karachi-quarantine-facility-isolation-centre-1200-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/expo-centre-karachi-quarantine-facility-isolation-centre-1200-bed.html","title":{"rendered":"Karachi Expo Centre transformed into 1,200-bed quarantine facility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karachi: The provincial and federal governments, in\ncollaboration with the Pakistan Army, have converted the Karachi Expo Centre\ninto a 1,200-bed quarantine facility, according to a news source. As per the\npublication, Sindh Governor Imran Ismail inaugurated the facility and lauded\nthe services of medical and volunteer staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ismail inspected the facility and also announced the donation of 5,000 safety kits. He revealed that the site would remain functional until the pandemic had been satisfactorily tackled. He added that the facility effectively followed the guidelines floated by the World Health Organisation (WHO) \u2014 with separate entrances for patients and staff, as well as video calling equipment for patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/2500-private-schools-quarantine-gujranwala.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"2,500 schools offered to be transformed into isolation wards, quarantine centres (opens in a new tab)\">2,500 schools offered to be transformed into isolation wards, quarantine centres<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, the governor also appreciated the role of the Pakistan Army and the National Disaster Management Authority in establishing this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/1000-bed-hospital-set-up-expo-centre-punjab-set-8-labs-diagnose-covid-19-cases.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"isolation centre (opens in a new tab)\">isolation centre<\/a> in a short period of time. He requested welfare organisations and affluent individuals to also ensure that this centre remains functional for the required time period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho also spoke at the occasion, and said that the Sindh government would be providing all possible support to this quarantine facility. The centre is only expected to accommodate people who have been tested positive for coronavirus, and will start admitting patients from today (Friday). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ndma-directions-coronavirus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"NDMA issues directives to convert 3, 4-star hotels into quarantine centres (opens in a new tab)\">NDMA issues directives to convert 3, 4-star hotels into quarantine centres<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The staff at the site will be required to undergo regular\nmedical check-ups, and to stay in the quarantine area for 15 days; with\nboarding and dining facilities provided. In addition, all boarding spaces will\nbe disinfected regularly, and thousands of people have already volunteered to\nhelp run the facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The provincial and federal governments, in collaboration with the Pakistan Army, have converted the Karachi Expo Centre into a 1,200-bed quarantine facility, according to a news source. As per the publication, Sindh Governor Imran Ismail inaugurated the facility and lauded the services of medical and volunteer staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ismail inspected the facility and also announced the donation of 5,000 safety kits. He revealed that the site would remain functional until the pandemic had been satisfactorily tackled. He added that the facility effectively followed the guidelines floated by the World Health Organisation (WHO) \u2014 with separate entrances for patients and staff, as well as video calling equipment for patients. Read: 2,500 schools offered to be transformed into isolation wards, quarantine centres Furthermore, the governor also appreciated the role of the Pakistan Army and the National Disaster Management Authority in establishing this isolation centre in a short period of time. He requested welfare organisations and affluent individuals to also ensure that this centre remains functional for the required time period. Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho also spoke at the occasion, and said that the Sindh government would be providing all possible support to this quarantine facility.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":63574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[24075,666,25004,24566],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-63573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","tag-covid-19-pandemic","tag-expo-centre","tag-isolation-hospital","tag-quarantine-centres"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Expo Centre Karachi is now an isolation centre!- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Karachi Expo Centre has been transformed into a 1,200-bed quarantine facility so that COVID-19 patients can be efficiently isolated.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/expo-centre-karachi-quarantine-facility-isolation-centre-1200-bed.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Expo Centre Karachi is now an isolation centre!- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Karachi Expo Centre has been transformed into a 1,200-bed quarantine facility so that COVID-19 patients can be efficiently isolated.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/expo-centre-karachi-quarantine-facility-isolation-centre-1200-bed.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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