QUETTA: Spokesman for Balochistan government Liaquat Shahwani on Saturday said the provincial government would take strict actions against the pilgrims and traders attempting to escape coronavirus screening tests at the Taftan border between Pakistan and Iran. He said that around 5000 pilgrims had been screened and 4400 had come from the corona affected areas of neighboring countries. The persons infected with coronavirus were kept in quarantines and isolation wards for 14 days until they were declared healthily, he added. He said border forces were directed to remain high alert for the screening of every person coming to Pakistan. Special teams were deployed to march at the borders for arresting people entering illegally while the groups of pilgrims and merchants who tried to escape the screening test were kept in quarantines and isolation camps and their vehicles were disinfected as well, he added.

Source: Pakistan Today March 14, 2020 11:03 UTC