Man diagnosed with coronavirus took his classes at KU after returning to Pakistan

• The patient arrived in Pakistan on February 20 and was admitted on February 26.
• An official from the university said that it has been decided to conduct tests of the fellow classmates of the patient.

Pakistan's first confirmed man to be diagnosed with the novel coronavirus took his classes at Karachi University after returning from Iran.

The 22-year-old man diagnosed with the deadly virus is a student of International Relations at Karachi University. He travelled from Iran to Karachi by plane on February 20. The student was admitted in a hospital on February 26, six days after returning from Iran.

An official from the university said that it has been decided to conduct tests of the fellow classmates of the patient, local media reported.

On Wednesday, Pakistan confirmed two cases of the coronavirus which includes a 22-year-old male patient in Karachi who had travelled from Iran. The second case was confirmed at PIMS in Islamabad. Both cases were of people who had recently arrived from Iran.