Two more coronavirus cases test positive at Torkham border, one is Pakistani

ISLAMABAD: Two more cases of novel coronavirus on Thursday have been confirmed at the Pak-Afghan Torkham border, Pakistani media reported.

One patient is a Pakistani national and other is an Afghan national, who was sent back to his country, after detection of the deadly virus.

Pakistani patient identified as Muhammad Asghar is an employee in the Pakistan Embassy in Afghanistan, who was sent back to Pakistan on the special directives of the foreign office, said sources.

He was working Passport Collector in the Pakistan Embassy and was quarantined in Kabul as preventive measures, yesterday. Agency Surgeon Tariq Hayyat confirmed infection of coronavirus in Asghar.

Asghar has been quarantined at the Torkham Border and soon will be transported to Islamabad.

It may be noted that with induction of one more coronavirus patient in Pakistan, the tally has surged to 21 in the country.

Since the start of the outbreak in late December, more than 115,000 people worldwide have contracted the coronavirus disease, resulting in the deaths of over 4,000 people. Over half of the people who contracted COVID-19 have recovered, although the number of cases is rising rapidly, in particular, across Europe.

The number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus ‘COVID-19’ infections in Pakistan has risen to 20 after Gilgit-Baltistan reported its second patient on Wednesday.

Karachi has been the worst affected city so far, with 15 of the total confirmed cases. Of the remaining, two cases have been reported in Gilgit-Baltistan and one case has been reported each in Islamabad, Hyderabad and Quetta.

Globally, the virus has killed more than 4,500 people and infected over 124,000.

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