{"id":63593,"date":"2020-04-04T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T04:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63593"},"modified":"2020-04-03T14:24:54","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T09:24:54","slug":"science-ministry-awaits-draps-approval-ventilator-designs-coronavirus-testing-kits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/science-ministry-awaits-draps-approval-ventilator-designs-coronavirus-testing-kits.html","title":{"rendered":"Science ministry awaits DRAP\u2019s approval on ventilator designs, coronavirus testing kits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Federal Minister for Science &amp; Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday stated that the authorities concerned were awaiting the approval from the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) for dispatching locally-manufactured ventilator designs and testing kits for diagnosing COVID-19 patients, a news source reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-approves-new-timings-for-grocery-general-stores.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Punjab approves new timings for grocery, general stores (opens in a new tab)\">Punjab approves new timings for grocery, general stores<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the publication, the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) developed 150,000 testing kits and dispatched them for DRAP\u2019s approval, the minister said. He said that after DRAP\u2019s approval, the testing kits would be available in the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-defers-property-tax-reduces-cvt-stamp-duty.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Punjab defers Property Tax, reduces CVT &amp; Stamp Duty (opens in a new tab)\">Punjab defers Property Tax, reduces CVT &amp; Stamp Duty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fawad said that the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) had received 48 designs for ventilators and PEC dispatched two designs for DRAP\u2019s approval. He said that NUST had also made drones and sanitizers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/covid-19-draft-formed-distribute-ration-among-unemployed-citizens-punjab.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"COVID-19: Draft formed to distribute ration among unemployed citizens of Punjab (opens in a new tab)\">COVID-19: Draft formed to distribute ration among unemployed citizens of Punjab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fawad said that local ventilators would be available in the market within a month. The locally made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-procure-masks-ventilators-contain-coronavirus-pandemic.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"ventilators  (opens in a new tab)\">ventilators <\/a>and testing kits are as per the international standards, he added. He said that Pakistan would also export locally-produced ventilators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Federal Minister for Science &amp; Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday stated that the authorities concerned were awaiting the approval from the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) for dispatching locally-manufactured ventilator designs and testing kits for diagnosing COVID-19 patients, a news source reported. Read: Punjab approves new timings for grocery, general stores As per the publication, the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) developed 150,000 testing kits and dispatched them for DRAP\u2019s approval, the minister said. He said that after DRAP\u2019s approval, the testing kits would be available in the market. Read: Punjab defers Property Tax, reduces CVT &amp; Stamp Duty Fawad said that the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) had received 48 designs for ventilators and PEC dispatched two designs for DRAP\u2019s approval. He said that NUST had also made drones and sanitizers. Read: COVID-19: Draft formed to distribute ration among unemployed citizens of Punjab Fawad said that local ventilators would be available in the market within a month. The locally made ventilators and testing kits are as per the international standards, he added. He said that Pakistan would also export locally-produced ventilators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":63600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017,15020],"tags":[25082,25081,25080,25083,25084],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63593","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"category-social-developments","9":"tag-covid-19-patients","10":"tag-drug-regulatory-authority-of-pakistan-drap","11":"tag-federal-minister-for-science-technology-fawad-chaudhry","12":"tag-national-university-of-sciences-and-technology-nust","13":"tag-pakistan-engineering-council-pec","14":"cat-15017-id","15":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Science ministry DRAP\u2019s ventilator designs testing kits - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Federal Minister for Science &amp; 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