Pakistan's first coronavirus patient fully recovers.

KARACHI -- Pakistan's first coronavirus patient, a young student from Karachi, who had contracted COVID19 as a result of the infection, has recovered completely after being treated in a hospital in Karachi for 10 days. The patient is believed to have contracted the virus during his visit to the Iranian holy city of Qum, where he had travelled to as part of a group of 28 pilgrims. He had tested positive for coronavirus on February 26 and was shifted to the isolation ward of a private hospital in Karachi. His family members were also placed in quarantine but were discharged after their tests came out negative. According to officials of the Sindh government, during the 10 days of treatment, the patient had been tested three times with the last one coming out negative on Friday morning. As soon as Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah was informed of this development, he congratulated the family of the patient and termed his recovery as a great victory. While the country's first coronavirus patient recovered fully, the other two in Sindh are also showing progress.

On Thursday, the provincial health department had reported the country's sixth case of the novel coronavirus in Karachi. The patient was identified as a 69-year-old male residing in the city's District East. Taking notice of the case, CM Murad had directed officials to trace and...