The 14-year-old boy, a resident of Skardu, was kept in an isolation center where he tested positive for coronavirus.
The second case of coronavirus emerged in Gilgit-Baltistan on Wednesday, taking the total confirmed cases in Pakistan to 20.
The 14-year-old boy, a resident of Skardu, was kept in an isolation center where he tested positive for the mysterious viral pneumonia-like disease caused by the new coronavirus.
So far, 20 Pakistanis have tested positive for Covid-19, 15 of them belonging to Sindh, four in Gilgit-Baltistan now and one in Balochistan.
The first case of coronavirus infection appears in Quetta, bringing Pakistan’s toll to 19
On Tuesday, the first case of Coronavirus appeared in the capital of Balochistan. The head of a government hospital said that the 12-year-old patient arrived in Quetta with his parents from Iran via the Taftan border.
The family belongs to Dadu district in Sindh, the medical superintendent of Fatima Jinnah Hospital said, adding that the test results of the parents, three siblings and the child’s aunt were negative.
One patient has already fully recovered and was discharged from hospital in Karachi last week.
Meanwhile, Dr Zafar Mirza, the de facto Health Minister, said the federal government is closely monitoring the changing situation and the best medical care is being provided to the new cases.
“Don’t worry… the situation is completely under control. The federal and provincial governments are making all-out joint efforts to protect the masses from the coronavirus on a war footing,” he wrote using his official Twitter account.
Dr. Mirza admitted that coronavirus cases in Pakistan have doubled in the past 24 hours.
“This is not surprising. The disease has spread to 106 countries. All 19 cases brought this from abroad. All are stable. There is no evidence of local spread so far. If we act responsibly we can avoid spread,” he wrote.
He also advised the public to observe hygiene by washing hands properly, avoiding touching the face, and maintaining distance between patients.
He added: “The government is working hard to contain the spread of the disease, but we all have to participate in this battle.”
All educational institutions in Sindh and Balochistan have been closed until March 13 due to fear of outbreak of the contagious disease.
The mysterious coronavirus, which originated in a veterinary market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year, has since spread to more than 110 countries in the world, killing more than 4,000 people and infecting more than 115,000 people, most of them in China. far.
But new outbreaks in Europe, the Middle East and Asia have raised fears that the infection could spread to poor countries that lack the healthcare infrastructure to deal with it.
There are growing concerns in Pakistan – located between China and Iran, both hotspots of the disease – about how the country will handle the outbreak.