The primers and probes were the first coronavirus detection materials to reach Islamabad from Japan to help Pakistan in its fight against the virus. Japan’s Ambassador to Pakistan Matsuda Kuninori said in a message that the materials donated by Japan would enhance the lab capacity to diagnose the coronavirus cases swiftly. Official rebuts rumours of ‘coronavirus case’ in SwatRahujo had arrived in Pakistan on Saturday via Qatar. Elsewhere, a Chinese national, working on the Lavi Hydro Power Project in Chitral district, was admitted to a hospital after he experienced abdominal pain. The Chitral police registered a first information report (FIR) against the Pakistani man, who started the coronavirus rumours.

Source: The Express Tribune February 04, 2020 19:18 UTC