Coronavirus in Pakistan: School to remain close today, tomorrow

KARACHI: All schools will remain closed on February 27 and 28.

According to the details, Provincial education minister Saeed Ghani said in a tweet, “Sindh Govt has decided to close all the schools of province for Thursday & Friday (27th & 28th Feb).”

Sindh Govt has decided to close all the schools of province for Thursday & Friday (27th & 28th Feb).@BBhuttoZardari @MuradAliShahPPP

— Senator Saeed Ghani (@SaeedGhani1) February 26, 2020

Coronavirus in Pakistan: Dr Zafar mirza confirms 2 cases

Earlier, Prime Minister’s Special Assistant for Health Dr Zafar Mirza said that one case of Corona virus has been reported in Sindh while the other has been reported in the federal capital.

The first case of the deadly coronavirus in Pakistan has been reported in Karachi’s private hospital, a spokesperson for the Sindh Health Department confirmed.

The 22-year-young male patient travelled to Iran where he acquired the virus He cam back to Pakistan few days back in an airplane Media Coordinator to the Health and Population Welfare Minister Meeran Yousuf said in a statement.

Coronavirus

It is to be noted that an ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, started in December 2019.

It was first identified in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei, China.[5][6] As of 26 February 2020, 81,278 cases have been confirmed, including in all provinces of China and more than forty other countries.

There have been 2,770 deaths attributable to the disease, including 55 outside mainland China, surpassing that of the 2003 SARS outbreak.

However, more than 30,000 people have since recovered.