Pakistan lacks facility to diagnose coronavirus
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Big earthquake possible near Afghanistan/Pakistan region in the next few days:
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He was Chinese man working on a project now shifted to isolated case and as per reports he is quite well and his samples would be sent to European labs to confirm it either he is suffering from virus or not.
Chinese man suspected of carrying coronavirus admitted to Multan hospital: NIH
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Second suspected case now in Lahore:
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We need to put halt on Chinese imports and even on flights. ASAP
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We have not eradicated polio so don't expect government to function fluidly on this issue if things go south.
It is imperative that AMC works with local biomedical scientists and also collaborate with the Chinese to have a unified strategy to combat it here.
It is imperative that AMC works with local biomedical scientists and also collaborate with the Chinese to have a unified strategy to combat it here.
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175/ Chinese kept in isolation in Nishtar Hospital, Multan is improving. No signs of sever acute respiratory infection. He is being managed in line with standard protocol as a suspect. Alhamdolilah, Pakistan does not have any nCronavirus patient until now, and we are alert!
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Tally of suspected China virus cases in Pakistan rises to five
By Shabbir Hussain
Published: January 27, 2020
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State Minister for Health, Zafar Mirza, inspects passengers at the Islamabad International Airport on January 25, 2020, following an outbreak of the coronavirus in China. PHOTO: Zafar Mirza/Twitter
ISLAMABAD: A new case of suspected novel coronavirus has surfaced in Multan taking the overall tally of deadly China virus in Pakistan to five, The Express Tribune learnt on Sunday.
According to sources in the health ministry, two samples from Multan have been sent to Hong Kong for confirmation as there are no laboratories in Pakistan equipped to diagnose the pathogen. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) received the samples last night, they added.
One of the two suspected coronavirus patients in Multan is a Pakistani national, said the sources.
On Saturday, NIH chief Major General Dr Aamer Ikram said a Chinese national had been admitted to the Nishtar Hospital, Multan and kept in the isolation ward after he showed symptoms of the disease including flu, cough and fever.
Test reports are expected to arrive in the next 24 to 48 hours. The patients will receive necessary treatment based on the results of test reports.
According to sources, the Chinese national, hospitalised in Multan, travelled from China to Dubai and reached Karachi on January 21. After landing in Karachi, he took a flight to Multan.
‘All Pakistanis are safe in China’, FO rubbishes coronavirus rumours
Three Chinese nationals were also admitted to Lahore’s Services Hospital and shifted to the isolation ward on Saturday.
According to hospital sources, the suspected patients were residents of the Chinese city of Wuhan and had recently arrived in Lahore.
Meanwhile, the Foreign Office has confirmed that all Pakistanis in Wuhan, and in other parts of China, are safe.
China has expanded drastic travel restrictions to contain the viral contagion that has killed 56 people and infected nearly 2,000, as the United States and France prepared to evacuate their citizens from a quarantined city at the outbreak’s epicentre.
China has locked down the hard-hit province of Hubei in the country’s centre in an unprecedented operation affecting tens of millions of people to slow the spread of a respiratory illness that President Xi Jinping said posed a “grave” threat.
Originating in Hubei’s capital of Wuhan, the virus has spread throughout China and around the world, with cases confirmed in around a dozen countries as distant as France, Australia and the United States.
The World Health Organisation puts the number of confirmed cases reported from mainland China at 1,975. “This includes 324 severe cases and 56 people who have died,” the WHO added.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2144826/1/
By Shabbir Hussain
Published: January 27, 2020
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State Minister for Health, Zafar Mirza, inspects passengers at the Islamabad International Airport on January 25, 2020, following an outbreak of the coronavirus in China. PHOTO: Zafar Mirza/Twitter
ISLAMABAD: A new case of suspected novel coronavirus has surfaced in Multan taking the overall tally of deadly China virus in Pakistan to five, The Express Tribune learnt on Sunday.
According to sources in the health ministry, two samples from Multan have been sent to Hong Kong for confirmation as there are no laboratories in Pakistan equipped to diagnose the pathogen. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) received the samples last night, they added.
One of the two suspected coronavirus patients in Multan is a Pakistani national, said the sources.
On Saturday, NIH chief Major General Dr Aamer Ikram said a Chinese national had been admitted to the Nishtar Hospital, Multan and kept in the isolation ward after he showed symptoms of the disease including flu, cough and fever.
Test reports are expected to arrive in the next 24 to 48 hours. The patients will receive necessary treatment based on the results of test reports.
According to sources, the Chinese national, hospitalised in Multan, travelled from China to Dubai and reached Karachi on January 21. After landing in Karachi, he took a flight to Multan.
‘All Pakistanis are safe in China’, FO rubbishes coronavirus rumours
Three Chinese nationals were also admitted to Lahore’s Services Hospital and shifted to the isolation ward on Saturday.
According to hospital sources, the suspected patients were residents of the Chinese city of Wuhan and had recently arrived in Lahore.
Meanwhile, the Foreign Office has confirmed that all Pakistanis in Wuhan, and in other parts of China, are safe.
China has expanded drastic travel restrictions to contain the viral contagion that has killed 56 people and infected nearly 2,000, as the United States and France prepared to evacuate their citizens from a quarantined city at the outbreak’s epicentre.
China has locked down the hard-hit province of Hubei in the country’s centre in an unprecedented operation affecting tens of millions of people to slow the spread of a respiratory illness that President Xi Jinping said posed a “grave” threat.
Originating in Hubei’s capital of Wuhan, the virus has spread throughout China and around the world, with cases confirmed in around a dozen countries as distant as France, Australia and the United States.
The World Health Organisation puts the number of confirmed cases reported from mainland China at 1,975. “This includes 324 severe cases and 56 people who have died,” the WHO added.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2144826/1/
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The more i read, the more stress.
I got almost all the symptoms ... had fever for days... now my chest is like jam packed and cough..
Never been to china nor any contact yet man reading this crap is scarry.. I hope they come up with some vaccine soon...
I got almost all the symptoms ... had fever for days... now my chest is like jam packed and cough..
Never been to china nor any contact yet man reading this crap is scarry.. I hope they come up with some vaccine soon...
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Brother, I've had a cough and cold for three days, it's the season. Don't over think it and make yourself depressed. In other news, the woman who fought Ebola and SARS thinks the situation will be much worse:
