Suspected coronavirus Chinese national shifted to PIMS hospital

ISLAMABAD: A Chinese national has been admitted in Pakistan Institution of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital in isolation ward due to suspicion of coronavirus on Wednesday.

According to sources, a Chinese passenger coming from China was shifted to PIMS hospital due to suspicion of coronavirus from Islamabad Airport.

While hospital sources that Chinese citizen has slight cough and fever from last day added that he was admitted under doubt of coronavirus.

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Doctors in the hospital told the Chinese citizen will be kept under observation in the hospital for 12 hours.

The decision of keeping him under medical treatment or discharging will be made in the light of the test report.

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