Patients suspected of coronavirus being given proper treatment, says Dr Zafar

F.P. Report

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Services Dr. Zafar Mirza on Thursday has said that proper medical treatment is being given to children suspected of coronavirus on Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s order.

In a statement, the special assistant told that the patients have been kept in isolation under observation. Only China is having best treatment for coronavirus at this time, he added.

Earlier, Dr. Zafar Mirza informed that four Pakistani students, who are living in China’s Wuhan, have been diagnosed with coronavirus.

He said that there is no report of any confirmed coronavirus case from any part of Pakistan. The symptoms of this deadly virus are headache, fever, cough and respiratory problem, he added.

On the other hand, Chinese health authorities said there were 7,711 confirmed cases of infection, mostly in Hubei province where the death toll rose by 38 to 170.

Infections have been reported in at least 15 other countries and, with the appearance of the first case in Tibet, in every province and region of mainland China.