894,256 travellers screened for symptoms of virus so far: PM Office
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The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Thursday shared that as many as 894,256 travellers have so far been screened for symptoms of the novel coronavirus. Out of these, 471 have been tested for the virus.
In a tweet quoting data from the National Institute of Health, dated March 12, the PMO confirmed that of those tested, 20 people — not 21 as earlier reported — had been diagnosed positive for the virus till now. The number also includes two persons who have recovered and been discharged from the hospital.
According to data available on the NIH website, of the 20 cases, 14 are from Sindh, five from Gilgit-Baltistan and one from Balochistan.
Math error
Earlier, the Sindh government had reported that there were 15 confirmed cases in the province. The figure was, however, revised to 14 after the health officials realised an error in tabulating the results from the laboratory.
On Wednesday, Sindh Minister for Education Saeed Ghani had said that the number of coronavirus cases confirmed in the province was 14, and not 15 as was previously reported by the government.
He told Dawn.com that the error occurred due to a "misunderstanding", with one of the patients being counted twice after their name was incorrectly entered two times.
On Thursday, Sindh government spokesperson Murtaza Wahab also confirmed in a press conference that 14 people have tested positive for the virus so far, adding that two of them have recovered and have been discharged from the hospital.
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Mar 12, 2020 08:38pm
Any word on what measures have been taken by the government to prevent the spread of virus and help families affected by the virus?
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Mar 12, 2020 08:39pm
Sind government allowed big crowd in for PSL match today.
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Mar 12, 2020 08:39pm
Usually there are a larger number of people that don't have symptoms yet, but are capable of infecting others.
So please don't let down your guard. Exercise all caution and observe precautions like hand washing.
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Mar 12, 2020 08:39pm
Big challenge. All to come together. Good luck.
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Mar 12, 2020 08:54pm
Screening for fever is not equal to screening for the virus and the health officials know this, so why mislead? One can have the virus and have no fever for many days, and still infect the community. If we dont talk in clear terms, we will only multiply the problem.
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Mar 12, 2020 09:24pm
Enough of fake data Imran Khan! Get some action going.
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Mar 12, 2020 09:47pm
Imran Khan and his out of the box solutions have all failed.
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Mar 12, 2020 10:06pm
China is a culprit to have hid initial out break of this virus in Dec 2019.China should be held accountable for this and made to pay damaged that are caused all over world because of this virus.
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Mar 12, 2020 10:19pm
I doubt that number.
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Mar 12, 2020 10:26pm
How did they screen them?
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Mar 12, 2020 10:47pm
Screened for what? Runny nose and fever? What about the non traveling - residents who are likely to catch the infection? Very ineffective, half hearted, lame Effort (typical of PMIK office offerings).
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Mar 12, 2020 10:47pm
Pakistan has taken better precaution measures than US and other Western countries. So far so good. Let's give credit where it is due.
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Mar 12, 2020 10:48pm
Khan is only one man doing the best he can... Good luck... Wash your hands.
Gordon D. Walker
Canada
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Mar 12, 2020 10:55pm
Good job. Keep more vigilance.
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Mar 12, 2020 11:04pm
And how many were positive?
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Mar 12, 2020 11:27pm
Anybody have an explanation for why Pakistan infection rate is lower than any other country that borders China? Especially since Pakistan has apparently done little to nothing compared with procedures employed by other countries.
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Mar 12, 2020 11:32pm
@Fastrack, which is good. We should encourage sports in pak
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Mar 12, 2020 11:49pm
Mr Trump s tested positive for Coronavirus confirmed by Chief Secretary communications ,Mr Fabio Wangrtn for Brazilian President in his latest tweets !!
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Mar 12, 2020 11:54pm
Good job, keeping us all safe.
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Mar 12, 2020 11:58pm
The PM should ask Sindh police to perform their duties. All marriage Halls, public places, food corners, resturants, courts must remain close for another 2-3 months. It is about people. Police should watch every institutes, public places. Even DIG and IG should perform their duties for 2-3 months in public. They should visit public places regularly. It is the duty of Sindh Ministers to inform about the truth / reality. Airport should be scanned properly. Neighbore houses of these sick persons must leave empty, until they get fully recover.
It is a global Epidemic. Mr. Saeed Ghani should resign, he is failed to speak the truth in Public, the number of infected people are more than he speaks. PM should send some Minister from Federal who can inform the PM about the truth. And please send Mr. Saeed Ghani back to his home. We need a kind of disinfectant spray, just like killing dengue mosquitoes. All UC consular should visit effected areas daily. They should clean their areas.
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Mar 13, 2020 12:01am
Stay calm and sit tight. For once dont point fingers at govt. Its a global issue guys and girls.
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Mar 13, 2020 12:43am
Does anyone know how many test kits specific to test this virus are available in the country? Even USA did not have enough test kits. No test does not mean no infection.
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Mar 13, 2020 01:36am
Negligence by governments of all levels starting with the federal government.
Not enough people being tested. I don’t believe the number of cases the government is officially claiming.
Life is cheap in Pakistan, especially of the poor and vulnerable in Pakistan.
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Mar 13, 2020 01:36am
@Fastrack, Great news and victory for the Govt!
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Mar 13, 2020 01:37am
The PM should also have told us about the number of people got out unscreened at Karachi airport. The CM Sind is more objective
in his analysis than Imran Khan!
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Mar 13, 2020 01:41am
The Govt. is doing a great job in checking and obstructing the entry of Covid-19. Happy to note that China has contained the virus at the epicentre and all our students are safe. Thank you PMIK and thank you Pakistan Army for protecting the country.
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Mar 13, 2020 03:06am
Thanks PM, you finally realized it is a bad out there? we admire your hard work, lets clap for it.
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Mar 13, 2020 03:34am
China is flooded with coronavirus, Iran is struggling with coronavirus and we are told that Pakistan has only 20 cases of coronavirus. The only way this is possible is to not report the actual count or don’t do the test as required. Also they are not reporting any deaths, but the reports coming out of Pakistan say people have started to die already because of coronavirus. It is a shame when government hide the fact to deceive people.
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Mar 13, 2020 04:40am
how are they screening for symptoms? using thermometer only OR following WHO process? 20 cases number is a joke. the real number is likely in thousands
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Mar 13, 2020 05:39am
America struggling to have enough test kits for 75,000 people where did Pakistan get the test kit specific for this virus to be able to test almost million people.
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Mar 13, 2020 05:45am
Pakistanis are taking this lightly because of bad information. This virus is a ticking time bomb and when it explodes, there will be panic and confusion.
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Mar 13, 2020 06:13am
I was one of them screened by health officials on arrival. And yes they measured my temprature. But I had to fill out several forms before arrival and non of thouse forms where looked at. on top of all I saw several forms all over the floors and was wondering what it was all about collecting all that information. As usual very un professionally handeld nothing but a big show to show once again that they are doing some thing.
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Mar 13, 2020 06:58am
How many actually tested? 217?
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