PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has confirmed their first fifteen cases of coronavirus, bringing the national tally to 137.
Health Minister of the province Taimur Jhagra took to Twitter and announced that 15 out of 19 people had tested positive for the virus.
He said, “Just received news that 15 of 19 individuals received in KP from Taftan have tested positive for Corona Virus. These are the first positive cases in KP.”
He further said, “They are being well looked after in quarantine in an isolated facility in DI Khan. More details soon.”
Earlier today, Chief Minister of KP Mahmood Khan has said that the government and people were jointly struggling to prevent the outbreak of coronavirus in the province.
While talking to a suspected coronavirus patient in quarantine centre Dera Ismail Khan via Video call, he assured that the government was committed to defeating this fatal disease.
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