Samples of suspected coronavirus patients sent to Vietnam for analysis.

MULTAN -- The samples of two suspected patients of coronavirus, who are under treatment at isolation ward of Nishtar

Hospital for Corona virus, were sent to Vietnam for analysis.

Nishtar Medical University Head of Pulmonology department, Dr Naveed Jamal told reporter here on Sunday that results of tests would be received within a couple of days.

A foreigner and a local trader admitted to isolated ward of the Nishtar Hospital for cononavirus were improving, he said, adding that samples were earlier sent to National Institute of Health (NIH) Islamabad from where they were sent to Vietnam.

The focal person for corona virus informed that both the patients were in their thirties and had a travel history, adding that Rehmatullah spent 40 days abroad in connection with his business and returned to Multan on January 20.

He said the virus transmitted from animals to human...

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