Foreign Office has set up a a hotline to facilitate families of Pakistanis stranded in China’s coronavirus-hit Wuhan.
In a tweet on Saturday, FO spokesperson Aisha Farooqui announced that the office has set up the holtine to facilitate the parents or guardians of the Pakistani students in Wuhan.The FO spokesperson further tweeted the contact and email address of the new establishment.
@ForeignOfficePk has established hotline to facilitate parents/guardians of Pakistani students & community members effected by Coronavirus in Wuhan.
Syed Qalb-e-Abbas
?Dy Director (China-II)
?+92-51-9223643 (9am to 5pm)
?0321-5810471 (WhatsApp)
?Email: qalabi.shah@gmail.com 1/2
— Spokesperson 🇵🇰 MoFA (@ForeignOfficePk) February 15, 2020
Over 500 Pakistani students are currently in Wuhan which has been put under lockdown by the Chinese government.
Last month, four Pakistani students tested positive for coronavirus, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza had announced. On Friday, the Chinese embassy said it was happy to announce that three of the students had been cured and discharged from hospitals in the Guangdong province of China.