ISLAMABAD: Four Pakistani students in the Chinese city Wuhan are confirmed to have the coronavirus, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza said on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference, Dr Mirza said that a large proportion of the Pakistanis living in China are students of which over 500 students are based in the central city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the new virus. The premier’s special assistant said that there were four Pakistani students confirmed to have the coronavirus with links to Wuhan. Mirza, however, said that no case of the coronavirus has been confirmed in Pakistan yet. The new virus has killed 132 people and infected more than 6,000 in mainland China and abroad so far.

Source: Pakistan Today January 29, 2020 07:30 UTC