Furthermore, the officials said the company has developed their in house medical facility for safety of their staffers in Pakistan. Gezhouba Group Company is a Wahun-based firm, which was among the worst coronavirus hit area, has 11,000 Chinese nationals working for CPEC projects in Pakistan. Thousands of Chinese working on CPEC projects had gone to their homeland last year to celebrate their festival known as spring break earlier this year and could not return to Pakistan due to coronavirus outbreak in China. According to the officials, the Chinese workers are returning to Pakistan for the smooth continuation of CPEC projects and to show solidarity with the brotherly state. Despite several attempts, media officials of the CPEC authority were not available for the comments.

Source: The Express Tribune March 19, 2020 17:53 UTC