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  • Shiloh
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    Source: https://www.wionews.com/south-asia/p...to-four-283498

    Pakistan confirms two more coronavirus cases, brings total to four
    WION Web Team New Delhi, Delhi, India Feb 29, 2020, 08.43 PM(IST)

    As the coronavirus cases surge in neighbouring Iran, the south-Asian country has suspended all flight coming from and to Iran.

    Pakistan on Saturday confirmed two more cases of coronavirus bringing the total number of positive cases to four.

    "We have received reports of two more positive cases of coronavirus, one has been reported in Sindh province, (the) other in federal areas," Zafar Mirza, Pakistan's health minister said in a press conference.

    On Wednesday, Pakistan confirmed two cases of coronavirus. Speaking during the conference, the health minister also said that the two people are doing well now and about the discharged from the hospital...

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  • kiwibird
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    February 28: The Nation report by Rahul Basharat and Israr Ahmad states that following the confirmation of two Coronavirus cases in Pakistan, the health authorities yesterday started taking more drastic measures at hospitals as well as all entry and exit points in order to control further spread of the virus in the country. Read More I

    3 coronavirus cases detected in Rawalpindi
    Not much more information but this appears to take the total to 5 as the other confirmed cases were in different locations.


    Pakistan suspends flights to Iran amid coronavirus fear

    www.aa.com.tr › asia-pacific › pakistan-suspends-flights-to-iran-amid...

    20 hours ago - Pakistan announced Thursday the suspension of flights to and from Iran for an indefinite period amid fears about the spread of the coronavirus. The move came one day after Pakistan confirmed first two cases of the virus -- one each in Karachi and Islamabad.
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  • Shiloh
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    Source: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/620...or-coronavirus

    Panic grips region after man tests positive for coronavirus
    Muhammad Qasim
    February 28, 2020

    Islamabad:Severe panic has gripped this region of the country after the confirmation of at least two patients positive for illness caused by new coronavirus that has been given official name of COVID-19, one in Karachi and the other in the federal capital while medical face masks are almost unavailable in markets in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi or being sold in black at much higher prices. Both the two patients tested positive for COVID-19 in Pakistan have recently visited Iran that has been hit by coronavirus. The public sector hospitals in the region have started receiving patients with fear of having COVID-19.

    According to Deputy Director at PIMS Dr. Waseem Ahmed Khawaja, the hospital received well over 20 persons on Thursday for examination who have recently visited Iran. The hospital has admitted four patients who are being kept under observation in isolation ward of the hospital, he said.

    He added the PIMS has established a 10-bed isolation ward for keeping suspects of COVID-19 though if needed, the hospital may increase the number of beds. On Thursday, a tour operator brought few persons for examination at PIMS who have been to Iran recently. He informed the hospital administration that he would bring another 50 persons for examination shortly as they have spent days in Iran recently...

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  • Shiloh
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    Source: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/621...to-walk-freely

    Anger over allowing coronavirus patients to walk freely
    Waqar Bhatti
    February 28, 2020

    KARACHI: Outraged at federal government for failure to detect people infected with Coronavirus at airports and other entry points, Sindh government on Thursday decided to ask the federal authorities to make provincial and local administration officials part of the screening process of the people arriving in the country after a young man, who had returned to Karachi from Iran last week, was found infected with the COVID-19, officials said.

    “The Sindh government is not satisfied with the screening arrangements of the federal government at the airports and other entry points as we fear that several infected persons would have entered our cities undetected, which is evident from the case of Yahya Afridi. We have decided to ask the center to include out experts in the screening process to make it more efficient and result-oriented and to prevent the entry of any more Coronavirus patients,” a member of the Sindh Task Force on Coronavirus told The News on Thursday.

    The Sindh government authorities were also critical of federal government for offering ‘no support at all’ in dealing with the threat of coronavirus, saying they were facing an acute shortage of PPE (personal protection equipment), hazmat suits, relevant equipment and expertise but so far federal government had not come up with any assistance whatsoever for the provincial government. Pakistan had confirmed its two positive cases in the country on Wednesday, one each in Karachi and Islamabad, who had traveled to Iran as pilgrims in the current month. Earlier Pakistan had suspended flight operations with Iran in addition to closing borders with the neighbouring country where over two dozen people have so far been died due to acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by the coronavirus. The task force formed by the Sindh CM Syed Murad Ali Shah met on Thursday evening with him in the chair and decided that all those who had traveled to Iran during last one and half month would be tracked and screened for Coronavirus, while the federal government would be advised to keep all the travelers from Iran in quarantine for 14 days before allowing them to enter the country...

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  • Shiloh
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    Source: https://www.geo.tv/latest/274482-pak...confirms-first

    Pakistan's first coronavirus case confirmed in Karachi, tally rises to two
    Wednesday Feb 26 2020
    Khawar Khan

    KARACHI: Two cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Pakistan's port city, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza confirmed on Wednesday, minutes after the first case was reported in Pakistan's port city.

    "I can confirm first two cases of corona virus in Pakistan. Both cases are being taken care of according to clinical standard protocols & both of them are stable," Dr Mirza wrote on Twitter...

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  • Gert van der Hoek
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    Coronavirus: Pakistan confirms two cases of Covid-19

    Filed on February 26, 2020 |

    Two cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Pakistan.

    According to a report by Geo News, the information regarding the same was confirmed by Zafar Mirza, the State Minister of Health of Pakistan, formerly Director Health System, World Health Organization.


    "I can confirm first two cases of coronavirus in Pakistan. Both cases are being taken care of according to clinical standard protocols & both of them are stable. No need to panic, things are under control. I will hold press conference tomorrow on return from Taftan", he said in a tweet on his official account.

    A spokesperson for the Sindh health department had earlier confirmed the first coronavirus case in the country. The 22-year-old had arrived in the country on a flight from Iran, from where he reportedly acquired the virus.

    The patient and his family were admitted to a private hospital in quarantine conditions.

    The information regarding the same has been confirmed by Pakistan's State Minister of Health.

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  • sharon sanders
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    Pakistan's first confirmed case of coronavirus reported in Karachi: Sindh Health Dept

    Imtiaz Ali

    February 26, 2020

    The 22-year-old male patient had travelled to Iran where he acquired the virus.


    https://www.dawn.com/news/1536792/fi...dh-health-dept

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  • kiwibird
    started a topic Pakistan: Covid-19 cases - 300,371 cases, 6,370 deaths

    Pakistan: Covid-19 cases - 300,371 cases, 6,370 deaths

    https://www.geo.tv/latest/274482-pak...confirms-first

    KARACHI: The first case of coronavirus has been reported here in the port city of Karachi, Geo News reported on Wednesday.

    The 22-year-old patient arrived in aeroplane from Iran.
    Last edited by kiwibird; March 6, 2020, 08:14 AM.
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