SUKKUR: Media reports revealed on Saturday that two buses carrying pilgrims from the Pakistan-Iran bordering area of Taftan arrived in the city. The Sukkur health authorities have taken all the pilgrims to quarantined isolation camps where they will be kept for a minimum of 14 days. Sources further revealed that the pilgrims will be tested on seven different stages through seven different tests formulated for coronavirus detection. Earlier in the day, rampant violations of the principles of public hygiene have been reported at quarantine centers set up for the people returning from Iran at Taftan border crossing. Pakistan’s government established isolation camps at the border for the pilgrims returning from Iran as a precaution to avoid the contagious virus spreading in the country.

Source: Pakistan Today March 14, 2020 10:41 UTC