Sindh govt forms task force to control Coronavirus.

KARACHI -- The Sindh government on Thursday decided to form a task force on coronavirus, a day after Pakistan confirmed its first two cases. The decision was taken in an emergency meeting headed by Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah to chalk out a strategy to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The task force headed by the chief minister will include the provincial chief secretary, health secretary, Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Shallwani and other health officials. The two cases confirmed in Pakistan included a 22-year-old male patient in Karachi who had travelled from Iran, where he acquired COVID-19. Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza said the second case was confirmed in an individual from the "federal areas". Addressing a press conference after the emergency meeting, the Sindh chief minister said that about 1,500 people have been identified who have returned from Iran or had come into contact with those coming from Iran and later entered Sindh in the past 15 days.

The chief minister added that according to their information, of the 1,500 individuals - 28 individuals may have been exposed to the virus in Karachi, and 5,000 individuals all across the...