ISLAMABAD, April 8:Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday said Pakistan looked forward to learn from Singapore’s experience in the field of epidemiology as the country took deft measures to contain spread of Coronavirus.
In a telephone call to his Singaporean counterpart Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan, Qureshi commended Singapore’s handling of the public health crisis, saying timely measures helped in containing the spread of the virus.
Qureshi also evinced interest in the Singapore’s application ‘TraceTogether’ to break the chain of transmission. ‘TraceTogether’ supports Singapore’s efforts to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 through community-driven contact tracing. It uses Bluetooth signals to determine if someone is near another TraceTogether user, making proximity data encrypted and stored on the phone.
Qureshi thanked the Singapore government for facilitating the return of Pakistani nationals from Singapore. TLTP/ DNA
