Pakistan has now capability of diagnosing coronavirus: Dr. Zafar Mirza

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health, Dr. Zafar Mirza has announced that Pakistan has now the capability of diagnosing coronavirus.

Dr. Zafar Mirza took to Twitter and said, “Alhamdulillah, as of today we have now the capability of diagnosing Coronavirus in Pakistan.”

194/ Alhamdolilah, as of today we have now capability of diagnosing #Coronarivus in Pakistan. I want to applaud our NIH leadership and team for their hard work in securing the reagent for diagnosing. pic.twitter.com/nb9jll4JwP

— Zafar Mirza (@zfrmrza) February 2, 2020

He further applauded the National Institute of Health (NIH) leadership and team for their hard work in securing the reagent for diagnosing.

Earlier on Jan 24, Dr. Zafar Mirza said that samples of suspected cases will be sent to international labs for testing.