Pakistan Coast Guards screened 4,256 fishermen for COVID-19, governor told
(WorldNews Pakistan)

The Pakistan Cost Guards (PCG) have so far conducted screening of 4,256 fishermen who had been fishing in the open sea in 284 boats along the Pakistani coastline to detect the cases of the novel coronavirus among them. The information to this effect was provided to Sindh Governor Imran Ismail on Monday as he met PCG Director General (DG) Brig Saqib Qamar at the Governor House. The PCG DG informed the governor that after the screening, four suspected cases of coronavirus among the fishermen were referred to a hospital in Gwadar. He said 20 small and big boats and 600 personnel of the coast guards had been active to prevent the spread of coronavirus among the fishermen communities. Brig Qamar...