Murad orders purchase of testing kits as one more coronavirus case diagnosed in Karachi.

KARACHI -- One more case of Coronavirus case has been diagnosed in the city, therefore the patient has been shifted to hospital and his family members who were in contact with him have also been isolated in their house.

This was disclosed in the meeting of Taskforce on Coronavirus held under the chairmanship of Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah here on Saturday at CM House. The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary Mumtaz Shah, Minister Health Dr Azra Pechuho, Minister Local Government Nasir Shah, Mayor Karachi Waseem Akhtar, Principal Secretary to CM Sajid Jamal Abro, Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Shahalwani, COS 5 Corps Brigaier Abdul Sami, Secretary Health Zahid Abbasi, Dr Bari of Indus hospital, DG PDMA Salman Shah, DIG South Sharjeel Kharal, Dr Sara of WHO, Haris Mustafa focal Person of WHO, Col Nasir Zishan of 5 Corps, Prof Dr Abdul Bari of Indus Hospital, Imran Ahmed Director Airport Services, Dr Khurram Chief Medical officer of CAA.

The chief minister on the third consecutive days was reviewing the progress made so far in testing suspects of corona virus when he was told that one more case has been diagnosed. The patient had returned from Iran on February 20 and was living with his four family members. The patient had flue like symptoms and was kept in 10 days in isolation. During the isolation the patient's test was conducted which has been diagnosed as positive.

The chief minister was told that the patient, 65, has been shifted to hospital and his four family members have been isolated in their home for further medical investigations. The chief minister directed the health department to contact the relatives of the patients who might have met him when he had returned from Iran. 'We will have to be more alert and effective to tracing the people coming into contact with the suspects or patients so that spread of the virus could be contained,' he said and added 'we have been meeting regularly ever-since the first case has appeared, therefore our strategy must be result-oriented,' he said.

To a question, the chief minister was told that the health department had got 41 samples of the suspects for tests, of them they have received result of 38 tests in which two have been found positive and 36 negative. The result of three test was being awaited.

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