ISLAMABAD: Chinese national suspected of carrying coronavirus is not infected, medical reports from the National institute of Health (NIH) confirmed.
Earlier, the Chinese national was shifted to an isolation ward in the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital from the capital’s airport. The patient’s test samples were sent to the NIH for confirmation. The patient will be kept under observation for at least 12 hours.
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The NIH’s officials said that they had received 25 samples suspected of coronavirus from Islamabad, Sindh, Azad Kashmir and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which were examined and termed negative.
China’s top leadership admitted “shortcomings and difficulties” in its response to the coronavirus outbreak, as state media said a new hospital built at breakneck pace began receiving patients in the epicentre of the crisis.
More than 560 people have died as a result of the virus since it emerged in a Chinese live seafood and wild animal market at the end of last year.
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