No Pakistani citizen infected with coronavirus in China: FM Qureshi

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday has stated that not a single Pakistani citizen infected with coronavirus in China so far.

Foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in a statement said that we are in constant touch with our embassy in Beijing to get the latest information about our citizens. Mr. Qurshi advised the Pakistani community in China not to worry as all preventive measures are being implemented.

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Shah Mehmood Qureshi has asked unregistered Pakistani students to enroll with the Pakistani Embassy. In the meantime, dozens of Pakistani students trapped in Wuhan, the epicenter under a virtual lockdown of a unique coronavirus outbreak face shortages of food.

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While many stuck students in Wuhan appealed to the Pakistani government to make arrangements to bring them back home. Wuhan, an 11 million city and the epicenter of virus infection in central China, is already in a virtual shutdown and serious travel restrictions are in place in many other Chinese cities.