LARKANA: As many as 17 samples of suspected COVID-19 patients, including three children, were sent to a private laboratory in Karachi from Larkana, the reports of which would come out on Tuesday. The team which obtained the samples include Dr Hifaz Abro and Dr Sadam Kalhoro of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University (SMBBMU), and Dr Ayaz Memon and Dr Farman Abro of the Larkana District Health Office (DHO). The samples include those of eight patients who were quarantined at SMBBMU Areeja Campus Centre as well as nine samples from a government official’s family as had had earlier tested positive along with his three children. Sources further disclosed that samples of over 300 members of the Tableegi Jamaat will also be obtained on Tuesday. So far, 16 positive cases have been detected in Larkana, including that of a man who tested positive for a second time even after passing the 14 days mandatory quarantine period.

Source: Pakistan Today April 13, 2020 16:30 UTC