ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi contactscounterparts from various countries over Coronavirus outbreak.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday informed that the Foreign Minister ofPakistan who is currently under self-isolation after returning from Chinaamid coronavirus pandemic telephoned foreign ministers of various countriesto discuss the deadly, fast-spreading pathogen.
According to details, FM Qureshi called the Foreign Minister’s of Germany,SriLanka, Nepal, and Iran and apprised them of the current situationdeveloping due to the coronavirus in Pakistan and also heard their take ontheir country’s situation.
All dignitaries agreed to enhance mutual cooperation to fight coronavirusand ensure collective efforts to defeat the menace.
All the foreign ministers especially congratulated Foreign Minister ShahMehmood Qureshi on account of March 23, Paskistan Day.
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The nationwide tally of coronavirus cases has jumped to 779 with 23 newCOVID-19 cases reported in the country from midnight.
According to the National Command and Control Centre for the novelcoronavirus, 352 cases have been diagnosed in Sindh, 225 in Punjab, 104 inBalochistan, 31 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,71 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 11 inIslamabad; and one in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
