Suspected patients test negative as virus screening kits arrive
(WorldNews Pakistan)

ISLAMABAD: In a positive sign, all the seven suspected patients of novel coronavirus (NCV) were finally found to be completely safe on a day testing kits for the deadly disease reached Pakistan. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Zafar Mirza told Dawn that thousands of testing kits had been arranged from multiple sources and hoped that no more kits would be required in future. `Just after getting the kits we decided to test all seven suspects who were kept in isolation wards of hospitals in Karachi, Multan and other cities,` he said. `Fortu­nately tests of all seven patients were found negative due to which we can surely say that there is no suspect of NCV in...