Pakistan, April 1 -- National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman Lt Gen Muhammad Afzal on Tuesday apprised Prime Minister Imran Khan that presently 20 coronavirus testing laboratories are fully functional in the country whereas 12 more will be established soon to meet the target of a total of 32 laboratories.

About the availability of testing kits, the prime minister was briefed that the first consignment of 57,000 kits was imported from China, followed by another of 30,000, while 192,000 more will reach Pakistan by Wednesday (today), taking the total number of available kits to 280,000.

The prime minister was chairing a review meeting over the coronavirus control, diagnosing facilities, continuity of industrial process under...