Coronavirus focal person for Gilgit Baltistan health department Dr Shah Zaman said that samples of nine individuals have been sent to Islamabad for testing.

From the nine, one woman from GB has been shifted to a local hospital in Rawalpindi after she had severe symptoms.

Additionally, he said that they had received complaints that two children from a family based in Islamabad ,which included zaireen, had symptoms of coronavirus upon arrival in GB. Following a check-up, they were shifted to Islamabad.

Zaman added that today one of two suspected women was shifted to an isolation ward and four members of a family were restricted to their house.

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