ISLAMABAD, Mar 1 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan confirmed two more cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infected people to four, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health, Zafar Mirza, said.
Addressing a press conference here, Mirza said that one of the new cases emerged in south Sindh province, while the other one is being treated in Islamabad.
The infected man in Karachi has been shifted to the isolation ward of a hospital, and his medical treatment is underway, Meeran Yousuf, media coordinator to the health minister of Sindh said, on Saturday.
An official at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad, confirmed that a man has been tested positive of the disease at the hospital, bringing the total number of infected people to two.
The official said, the newly infected man is in stable condition and his family members have also been put in quarantine. However, he refused to share more details about the age and travelling history of the man.
Pakistan started taking measures to avoid penetration of the disease from Iran on Sunday, after the situation turned serious in the country, by closing its border with Iran. Later, direct flight service was also suspended between the two countries.
The Pakistani government is now launching an awareness campaign, by activating a telephone helpline and establishing a web portal to encourage people to report about their condition, if they are suffering from fever and flu, enabling the government to trace them and conduct necessary lab tests.– NNN-APP
