*ISLAMABAD: *The National Institute of Health (NIH) on Saturday clarifiedthat there was no confirmed case of coronavirus in Pakistan so far.
“However, one suspected case is admitted in isolation in Multan right now.His clinical condition is stable and not seems to be a case of novelcoronavirus. Relevant samples have been taken,” a press release issued bythe institute stated.
There are no laboratories in Pakistan equipped to diagnose coronavirus andit has approached the authorities in China and The Netherlands to helpconfirm suspected cases of passengers arriving in the country.
The pathogen that emerged on December 31 in a market in the Chinese city ofWuhan has killed 41 people and infected at least 1,300 so far and also beendetected in Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand,Vietnam, Singapore and the United States.
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