Dr. Zafar Mirza, Special Assistant to PM on Health (SAPM), held a press conference on Wednesday in Islamabad in his press conference he confirmed that four Pakistani students studying in China are diagnosed with the Corona virus.

Dr. Zafar said that the government will help and take care of these students suffering from the virus. He refused to disclose the names of the students in media during the press conference. There are 500  Pakistani students in different universities of the root city of this virus Wuhan. Dr. Zafar said that, "The Health Ministry is in touch with the Pakistani Embassy in China and the officials are in  constant contact with the students there. The four students were confirmed to be suffering from the virus and their condition is better now".

 The coronavirus has claimed 132 lives since emerging in a market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, and spread around the world. The virus has infected people as far as North America and the United Arab Emirates. "The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention announced a case of the new coronavirus affecting people from one family coming from the city of Wuhan in China," state news agency WAM reported on Wednesday, without saying how many were infected.

 There were reports that some individuals including a Chinese national were suspected to have been suffering from the virus in Multan. The SAPM clarified that there are no confirm case of the Corona Virus in Pakistan yet. Dr. Zafar Mirza said that according the lab reports their health was seemed to be improved and they are safe.


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