The Pakistani health authorities on Wednesday confirmed two positive cases of Coronavirus in the country.
Both of the people tested positive for the lethal virus, one each in Karachi and Islamabad, who had traveled to Iran for a pilgrimage to holy sites and on their return to the country, they tested positive for the disease.
In view of the emergent situation, both Sindh and Balochistan governments have closed down all academic institutions.
The novel coronavirus has spread throughout the world since the first cases were detected in central China in December.
More than 2,800 people have died globally and over 82,000 have been infected, and the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.
China’s National Health Commission has confirmed the virus, which causes a disease known as Covid-19, can be transmitted from person to person through “droplet transmission” – where a virus is passed on due to an infected person sneezing or coughing – as well as by direct contact.
This is a full list of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus outside mainland China:
- Afghanistan – at least 1 case
- Algeria – at least 1 case
- Austria – at least 2 cases
- Bahrain – at least 33 cases
- Belgium – at least 1 case
- Brazil – at least 1 case
- Cambodia – at least 1 case
- Canada – at least 12 cases
- Croatia – at least 1 case
- Denmark – at least 1 case
- Egypt – at least 1 case
- Estonia – at least 1 case
- Finland – at least 1 case
- France – at least 18 cases, 2 deaths
- Georgia – at least 1 case
- Germany – at least 23 cases
- Greece – at least 1 case
- Hong Kong – at least 92 cases, 2 deaths
- India – at least 3 cases
- Iran – at least 141 cases, 22 deaths
- Iraq – at least 6 cases
- Israel – at least 2 cases
- Italy – at least 400 cases, 12 deaths
- Japan – At least 186 cases + 705 linked to the cruise ship; 8 deaths
- Kuwait – at least 26 cases
- Lebanon – at least 1 case
- Macao – at least 10 cases
- Malaysia – at least 22 cases
- Nepal – at least 1 case
- North Macedonia – at least 1 case
- Norway – at least 1 case
- Oman (at least 2 cases)
- Philippines (at least 3 cases, 1 death)
- Romania – at least 1 case
- Russia – at least 2 cases
- Singapore – at least 93 cases
- South Korea – at least 1,766 cases + 1 US soldier; 13 deaths
- Spain – at least 14 cases
- Sri Lanka – at least 1 case
- Sweden – at least 1 case
- Switzerland – at least 1 case
- Taiwan – at least 32 cases, 1 death
- Thailand – at least 40 cases
- United Arab Emirates at least 9 cases
- United Kingdom at least 15 cases
- United States – at least 60 cases
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