World Bank approves Rs33 bn to help Pakistan counter COVID-19

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank's (WB) Leading group of Official Executives on Thursday affirmed $200 million (Rs33.31 billion) bundle to assist Pakistan with making powerful and auspicious move to react to the COVID-19 pandemic by reinforcing the nation's national human services frameworks and relieving financial disturbances.

As indicated by WB's declaration on Thursday expressing that this help would likewise draw an extra $38 million from eight existing ventures for critically required clinical hardware and supplies.

While concentrating on the COVID-19 readiness and crisis reaction in the wellbeing segment, the Pandemic Reaction Viability Task (PREP) will likewise assist poor people and defenseless adapt to the prompt effect of the pandemic through social insurance measures, nourishment proportions, and remote learning instruction. "The World Bank is increase its help to Pakistan and its kin to battle the spread of COVID-19 in the nation," said Illango Patchamuthu, World Bank Nation Executive for Pakistan. "PREP will help reinforce the nation's ability to identify and screen the illness.