All new coronavirus cases in stable clinical condition: Dr. Zafar Mirza

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Services, Dr. Zafar Mirza has assured that the confirmed cases in Karachi were in stable clinical condition.

Dr. Zafar Mirza took to Twitter and said that all the confirmed cases in Karachi last evening were in stable clinical condition and almost all of them were asymptotic.

He further said that all the new cases reported in Karachi had travel history and were picked up during contact tracing of an existing COVID-19 patient.

241/ The confirmed cases in Khi last evening are in stable clinical condition, almost all of them are asymptotic. They all had travel history and were picked up during contact tracing of an existing #COVID19 patient.

— Zafar Mirza (@zfrmrza) March 10, 2020

It is worth mentioning here that nine cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Karachi last night bringing the tally to 16.

In this regard, Sindh Health Department has suggested closing educational institutions in Karachi for a long period of time in the wake of coronavirus.