Foreig­n Office says 61-year-old Imtiaz Ahmed was residi­ng in Bresci­a – 100 miles away from MilanISLAMABAD: First Pakistani patient of COVID-19, the mysterious viral pneumonia-like disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has passed away in an Italian town on Wednesday, the Foreign Office said. The consulate has been in touch with the family and Italian authorities on this matter, the official added. So far 20 Pakistanis have been tested positive for COVID-19 with 15 of them belonging to Sindh, four to Gilgit-Baltistan now and one to Balochistan. One patient has already fully recovered and was discharged from the hospital in Karachi last week. The central streets of Rome were deserted on Wednesday morning and busses that are usually crammed with commuters ran almost empty.

Source: The Express Tribune March 11, 2020 15:52 UTC