Four Pakistani diagnosed with coronavirus
Zafar Mirza, at a press conference in Islamabad on Wednesday, confirmed that four Pakistani students in China have been diagnosed with the coronavirus.
Balochistan24 web desk:
Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health (SAPM) Dr Zafar Mirza, at a press conference in Islamabad on Wednesday, confirmed that four Pakistani students in China have been diagnosed with the coronavirus.
The SAPM, however, refused to share the names of the affected students with the media. “The government will take good care of the students who have contracted the virus,” he said at the presser.
The confirmation came after a group of Pakistani students in China appealed to the government to evacuate them from the virus-struck country. There are 500 Pakistani students currently studying in different universities in Wuhan, the epicentre of the deadly virus.
“Four students have been confirmed to have the coronavirus. Their condition is better now,” Dr Zafar Mirza said. He said that health ministry is in contact with the Pakistani embassy in Beijing. “Pakistani officials in China are in constant touch with all the students,” he said.
Pakistan yet to get its first confirmed case of virus
The SAPM also clarified that there have been no confirmed cases of coronavirus in Pakistan yet. There were reports that four individuals, including a Chinese national, in Multan were suspected to have been suffering from the disease
