A total of 186 private medical practitioners have been empowered under Section 10 (2) of the Emergency (Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases) (Amendment) Ordinance 2021 to handle Covid-19 positive cases effective tomorrow, said Health Minister Dr Adham Baba.

He said they were all authorised to issue surveillance and monitoring orders at home or Covid-19 Quarantine and Treatment Centres as well as instructions to wear quarantine wristbands...