Pakistan reported on Monday 50 more confirmed case of the coronavirus as the total number of cases reaches to more than 90.
In a tweet, Senator Murtaza Wahab announced that 50 people who had arrived in Sukkur from Taftaan have tested positive. He further said the total number of cases in Sindh have reached 76.
Of these new positive cases, 25 are from Karachi, one is from Hyderabad and 50 are from Taftan, Iran. Two people have recovered and 74 are under treatment, Wahab added.
More results have come in. So far 50 people who had arrived in Sukkur from Taftaan have tested positive, 25 at Karachi & 1 at Hyderabad. So the total patients have reached 76 in Sindh. Out of these 76 patients, 2 have recovered & the remaining 74 are being kept in isolation
— SenatorMurtaza Wahab (@murtazawahab1) March 16, 2020
Meanwhile, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health , Dr Zafar Mirza chaired a meeting of emergency core group in Islamabad on Monday. During the meeting, he said Pakistan is fully prepared to cope with the challenge of coronavirus and a national action plan is being implemented with complete national solidarity.