The government has decided to gradually suspend providing corona treatment from 12 dedicated Covid-19 hospitals as the number of corona patients there has marked a sharp fall in the last few weeks.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Wednesday informed the High Court that 12,543 private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centers in the country have submitted applications seeking their licence renewal.

The Health Ministry is set to ink agreements with 19 residential hotels of the country, for keeping nurses and physicians of six hospitals for the treatment of Covid-19 patients.