*Islamabad*: Pakistan makes a good offer to China to fight deadlyCoronavirus.
Pakistan on Friday offered to send a field hospital and a team of doctorsto China to help fight coronavirus that has killed over 200 people andinfected thousands of others.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had a telephone conversation withChina’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and conveyed hiscondolences on the loss of lives.
“On behalf of the government of Pakistan, the Foreign Minister extended theoffer of sending a field hospital to China as well as sending a group ofdoctors to the brotherly people of China to assist them in the recoveryefforts,” the Foreign Office said.
Qureshi also thanked China for helping Pakistani students in Wuhan.
Wang, on behalf of Premier Li Keqiang, conveyed a special message ofgratitude to Prime Minister Imran Khan for Pakistan’s support andsolidarity with the Chinese people and thanked Qureshi for Pakistan’s offer.
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The Pakistani students in China were being treated “like our own”, Wangsaid, adding that China was doing everything to ensure their safety, healthand well-being.
The death toll in China’s coronavirus epidemic spiked to 213 and totalinfections reached 9,692, the government said on Friday as the World HealthOrganisation declared the outbreak that has spread to more than a dozencountries, including India, as a global health emergency.
About 20 countries, including India, the UK, US, South Korea, Japan andFrance, have reported confirmed cases of the virus in travellers comingfrom China.
