Doctors want to close Abbottabad hospital after 26 employees tested coronavirus positive.

ABBOTTABAD -- The Provincial Doctors Association of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday have demanded to close the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital as 26 employees

of the hospital tested positive of COVID-19.

Addressing a press conference, the Provincial Doctors Associations demanded immediate closure of the hospital due to coronavirus spread among its staff.

They said the hospital should be opened after proper process of disinfection. The confirmed coronavirus cases in Pakistan have jumped to 59,151 after the country reported 1,441 new cases during last 24 hours, they said.

According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 28 more deaths...