ISLAMABAD, Jan 29 (APP):Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza on Wednesday confirmed reporting of four novel coronavirus cases among Pakistanis in China. “All of them are students and all of them are in good state of health and are being taken care very well. However until now there is no reported case in Pakistan, Dr Zafar Mirza said while addressing a press conference. He said that there was a wide spread concern over novel coronavirus disease and in this regard World Health Organization (WHO) called two emergency meetings to review the situation in China and elsewhere. He said that WHO also released certain instructions and advises to its members states on the disease. “Pakistan is strictly following these instructions which means we have to deal with the possibility of spread of this disease as a national emergency and all those measures must be taken as the national emergency is required.” He said that the government has established national emergency operation centre and activated national task force on international health regulations besides creating national coronavirus emergency core committee in which all ministries and sectors are represented. He said that SOPs have been developed to manage the inflow … Continue reading Four Pakistani students in China get novel coronavirus: Zafar Mirza