The confirmed cases of coronavirus continue to rise in Pakistan as at least 19 confirmed cases have been reported from different parts of the country.
The fifth case was also reported, on 2 March, from the federal area of the country of a 45-year-old women from Gilgit, Baltistan, who had also travelled from Iran.
On 6 March, Murtaza Wahab announced that the first patient in Karachi had fully recovered and was later discharged from hospital after testing negative. On 8 March, Pakistan confirmed its seventh case of COVID-19, also in Karachi.
The next day, Pakistan reported nine new cases in Karachi, meaning that there was a total of 16 cases of COVID-19, with Sindh having the highest number of cases, 13 altogether.[27] Five of the new patients had travelled to Syria and some others patients had returned from London. Three new cases were confirmed on 10 March, including one in Hyderabad and the first case in Quetta, Balochistan.
On 11 March, 76 suspected cases were reported in several districts of Punjab province, including Lahore, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Hafizabad and Lodhran. The Healthcare Department officials informed that ten patients were immediately cleared of the suspicion, while 55 patients were cleared after testing negative. The test result of the remaining 11 suspected patients is still awaited.
Also on that day, a second case in Gilgit-Baltistan was confirmed in Skardu. The patient is a 14-year-old.
On 12 March, there was a third case found in Gilgit Baltistan, a 31-year-old resident of Shigar district, had a travel history of Iran. The spokesman said that the patient is under treatment at the Skardu hospital.
The number of people being kept in the isolation at the Pakistan-Iran border has reached at least 4,000.
Taftan border with Iran has been closed while the pilgrims returning from Iran are being housed in the premises of Pakistan House.
he Pakistan government has set up a 100-bed hospital near the border and has deployed a mobile-testing lab to tackle the spread of the deadly virus.
Pakistan has also closed its border with Afghanistan after cases were reported from the region. The initial closure of the Pak-Afghan border was for a week, which was later extended.
Pakistan’s Sindh province is the most affected region as 15 out of 19 confirmed cases reported belong to this province.
Pakistan government maintains that it is keeping a close eye on the increasing number of cases and is trying to tackle it in the best possible way.
On the other hand, panic is increasing among the locals, who are fearful of the spread of the virus.
Educational institutions across the Sindh province have been asked to remain closed till March 13. Officials say that the date of closure is expected to be extended further.
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