By Microsoft co-founder and billionaire supporter Bill Gates arrived in Pakistan on Thursday for a day-long visit and met Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Gates, who is likewise the co-chairman of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is on his very first visit to the country.
He visited the anti-polio program, where he was advised by the program’s chief Dr Shehzad Baig and was informed regarding Covid-19 and polio prevention measures being taken in the country.
The SAPM mentioned that Gates’ planned arrangements also include meeting President Arif Alvi and a review of the Ehsaas program.
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan took to his official Twitter account to welcome Gates to Pakistan.
During his visit to the nation’s nerve centre for Covid-19 reaction – the NCOC – Gates met the body’s head Asad Umar and SAPM Dr Faisal Sultan.
Gates, alongside his delegations, went to the NCOC’s morning meeting and were notified about the forum’s role, strategy, accomplishments since the beginning of the pandemic and the current circumstance in the nation, including different NPIs upheld by the NCOC to control the infection’s spread.
“A complete review of Pakistan’s endeavours against Covid-19 was presented to visiting delegation. The visiting delegation was likewise advised on genome sequencing (prevalence of different variations in the nation ),” said a statement.
Gates, as indicated by the NCOC explanation, took strong fascination in different initiatives by the NCOC especially the smart lockdown and micro smart lockdown technique utilized by the discussion.
The humanitarian likewise shared his perspectives on Covid-19, especially the vaccination drive.
During the visit, Umar recognized the endeavours of Gates and his foundation to help Covid-19 drives in Pakistan. Gates liked Pakistan’s prosperity against Covid-19 despite asset imperatives and presenting phenomenal drives and measures for general health safety.
Earlier in January, Gates and the PM talked about issues of shared concern including polio annihilation for Pakistan and the continuous Covid-19 pandemic.
The premier had expressed appreciation for work by the Gates Foundation in battling poverty, sickness, and imbalance all over the world.
PM Imran had reaffirmed that eradication of polio from Pakistan stays a vital need of the public authority and efforts are in progress to increase the anti-polio campaign across the nation.
