COVID-19 patients<\/a>. Moreover, existing health facilities would be upgraded and the health management system would be strengthened.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Islamabad: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced its decision to provide an additional USD 305 million to Pakistan in a bid to support its COVID-19 relief measures amid the going lockdown, a news source reported. Read: SOPs for opening businesses in Punjab prepared The funds would be utilised to procure personal protective equipment (PPE), establish health centres, and train medics to deal with COVID-19 patients. To this effect, the Ministry of Planning conducted a Concept Clearance Committee meeting. Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Muhammad Jahanzeb Khan and ADB Country Director for Pakistan Xiaohong Yang were present at the occasion. Read: ECNEC approves USD 330mn project to improve Punjab\u2019s HDI ranking The ADB would provide USD 105 million to make preparations for emergencies, while USD 200 million would be given for the social protection of the vulnerable and poor. It was informed that the funds would be used to stockpile health inventories and stores and prepare the public health sector for an unexpected surge in COVID-19 patients. Moreover, existing health facilities would be upgraded and the health management system would be strengthened.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":60777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28189,24453,25082,28188],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-65103","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-adb-to-provide-additional-usd-305mn","8":"tag-asian-development-bank-adb","9":"tag-covid-19-patients","10":"tag-support-covid-19-relief-measures"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
ADB USD 305mn to support COVID-19 relief measures - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced its decision to provide an additional USD 305 million to Pakistan in a bid to support its COVID-19\" \/>\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\/adb-provide-additional-usd-305mn-support-covid-19-relief-measures.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ADB USD 305mn to support COVID-19 relief measures - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced its decision to provide an additional USD 305 million to Pakistan in a bid to support its COVID-19\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-provide-additional-usd-305mn-support-covid-19-relief-measures.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News & Pakistan Property News & Latest Updates - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-05-06T08:54:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-05-06T08:54:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/adb.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1170\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Noor Rehman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ZameenProperty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Noor Rehman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"ADB USD 305mn to support COVID-19 relief measures - Zameen News","description":"Islamabad: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced its decision to provide an additional USD 305 million to Pakistan in a bid to support its COVID-19","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-provide-additional-usd-305mn-support-covid-19-relief-measures.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"ADB USD 305mn to support COVID-19 relief measures - Zameen News","og_description":"Islamabad: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced its decision to provide an additional USD 305 million to Pakistan in a bid to support its COVID-19","og_url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-provide-additional-usd-305mn-support-covid-19-relief-measures.html","og_site_name":"Pakistan Real Estate News & Pakistan Property News & Latest Updates - Zameen News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","article_published_time":"2020-05-06T08:54:04+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-05-06T08:54:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1170,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/adb.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Noor Rehman","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_site":"@ZameenProperty","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Noor Rehman","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-provide-additional-usd-305mn-support-covid-19-relief-measures.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-provide-additional-usd-305mn-support-covid-19-relief-measures.html"},"author":{"name":"Noor Rehman","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/718378171443de9c5aeab691248bc465"},"headline":"ADB to provide additional USD 305mn to support COVID-19 relief measures","datePublished":"2020-05-06T08:54:04+00:00","dateModified":"2020-05-06T08:54:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-provide-additional-usd-305mn-support-covid-19-relief-measures.html"},"wordCount":190,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-provide-additional-usd-305mn-support-covid-19-relief-measures.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/adb.png","keywords":["ADB to provide additional USD 305mn","Asian Development Bank (ADB)","COVID-19 patients","support COVID-19 relief measures"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-provide-additional-usd-305mn-support-covid-19-relief-measures.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-provide-additional-usd-305mn-support-covid-19-relief-measures.html","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-provide-additional-usd-305mn-support-covid-19-relief-measures.html","name":"ADB USD 305mn to support COVID-19 relief measures - Zameen News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-provide-additional-usd-305mn-support-covid-19-relief-measures.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-provide-additional-usd-305mn-support-covid-19-relief-measures.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/adb.png","datePublished":"2020-05-06T08:54:04+00:00","dateModified":"2020-05-06T08:54:05+00:00","description":"Islamabad: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced its decision to provide an additional USD 305 million to Pakistan in a bid to support its COVID-19","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-provide-additional-usd-305mn-support-covid-19-relief-measures.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-provide-additional-usd-305mn-support-covid-19-relief-measures.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-provide-additional-usd-305mn-support-covid-19-relief-measures.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/adb.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/adb.png","width":1170,"height":400,"caption":"Asian Development Bank"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-provide-additional-usd-305mn-support-covid-19-relief-measures.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ADB to provide additional USD 305mn to support COVID-19 relief measures"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","name":"Pakistan Real Estate News & Pakistan Property News & Latest Updates - Zameen News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Zameen.com","alternateName":"Zameen","url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news-cdn.zameen.com\/wp-content\/upload\/2015\/09\/Zameen.com_-_Logo.png","width":600,"height":300,"caption":"Zameen.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ZameenPK","https:\/\/x.com\/ZameenProperty","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zameenpk\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/718378171443de9c5aeab691248bc465","name":"Noor Rehman","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/05ae7b14a17c4fc89175ecf7dde699c5f5988a8b07f242526d142d216ca54a99?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/05ae7b14a17c4fc89175ecf7dde699c5f5988a8b07f242526d142d216ca54a99?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/05ae7b14a17c4fc89175ecf7dde699c5f5988a8b07f242526d142d216ca54a99?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Noor Rehman"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/author\/rehman"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65105,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65103\/revisions\/65105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65103"},{"taxonomy":"persona","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/persona?post=65103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}