By Hina Kiyani
ISLAMABAD: A Chinese national has been discharged from a local hospital in Lahore on Sunday after being tested negative for Coronavirus infection. The man was shifted to a hospital in Lahore after he fell ill at the Lahore, officials said.
The Chinese passenger had come to Lahore in Pakistan International Airlines flight from Karachi. He was taken to Lahore’s Services Hospital where he was kept in isolation.
According to the medical superintendent of the Services Hospital, the patient had no symptoms of Coronavirus and was later discharged. However, doctors have collected his blood samples. Pakistan Sunday received Coronavirus testing kits from China and Japan. The country, however, has not evacuated its citizens from Wuhan, the epicenter of the virus.
On Sunday, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services Dr. Zafar Mirza said 199 health information booths had been set up at various airports of the country to cope with the threat of coronavirus. In a statement, he said these booths will provide answers to queries about coronavirus. He said another landmark in a very short time is the completion of coronavirus clinical care and prevention guidelines.
“It includes full instructions on case definition, inpatient/outpatient treatment, handling of diagnostic samples and even home care. In order to provide assistance to the Pakistani community in China, the Embassy of Pakistan has established hotlines which may be contacted,” he said.
The Special Assistant on National Health said around 100 other countries were not evacuating their citizens from Wuhan.
