In a tweet, PM’s Special Assistant on Health Dr Zafar Mirza said, “I can confirm first two cases of coronavirus in Pakistan. The confirmation came moments after the Sindh Health Department announced that a young man had tested positive for the coronavirus in Karachi. The patient travelled from Iran to Karachi by plane on Feb 20. So far, over 2,700 deaths have been confirmed from coronavirus in the world and over 81,000 others have been infected. On Wednesday, the World Health Organisation said there are now more new cases of the coronavirus reported each day outside China than inside the hardest-hit country.

Source: Pakistan Today February 26, 2020 17:03 UTC