Arif Alvi in a special tweet, advised the public to avoid participation in mass gatherings, handshaking or hugging in addition to taking other precautionary measures if they observe symptoms of flu or coronavirus infection. From 13 March, Pakistan stopped all international flights, except those at Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore airports.24 of the 27 suspected cases in Khyber Pakhtunkwa were also cleared that day.The Sindh Health Department identified a 52-year-old patient as positive, which marked the first case of local disease transmission, as the patient had travelled from Islamabad.The Government of Sindh also announced that the remaining PSL matches at National Stadium, Karachi would be held behind closed doors, on 12 March.It was reported that it was a Pakistani embassy employee from Kabul. Pakistan later identified a positive case of a Pakistani national at the Torkham border, on 12 March.On the same day, Murtaza Wahab informed that the second patient of the virus have been completely recovered. The spokesman said that the patient is under treatment at the Skardu hospital. There was a third case found in Gilgit-Baltistan, a 31-year-old resident of Shigar district, who had a travel history of Iran.The Pakistani Consulate in Milan announced the first death of a Pakistani from COVID-19 in Brescia, Italy.Also on that day, a second case in Gilgit-Baltistan was confirmed in Skardu.The test result of the remaining 11 suspected patients were not given that day. The Healthcare Department officials informed that ten patients were immediately cleared of the suspicion, while 55 patients were cleared after testing negative. 76 suspected cases were reported in several districts of Punjab province, including Lahore, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Hafizabad and Lodhran.The Sindh Government imposed a temporary ban on marriage halls, lawns, banquets, piyala hotels and tea stalls functioning after 23:15 hours.Three new cases were confirmed on 10 March, including one in Hyderabad and the first case in Quetta, Balochistan.Pakistan also extended its closure of its border with Afghanistan at the Chaman border for at least another week.Five of the new patients had travelled to Syria and some others patients had returned from London.The next day, Pakistan reported nine new cases in Karachi, meaning that there was a total of 16 cases of COVID-19, with Sindh having the highest number of cases, 13 altogether.Pakistan confirmed its seventh case of COVID-19, also in Karachi.Pakistan re-opened its border to travellers from Iran at the Taftan border, after 14 days of closure.Murtaza Wahab announced that the first patient in Karachi had fully recovered and was later discharged from hospital after testing negative.After confirmed reports of hundreds of cases in neighbouring China, the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) as a security step introduced screening measures at four major airports: Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar.Pakistan also closed its border to travellers from Afghanistan at the Chaman border, due to the outbreak in Afghanistan.The fifth case was reported on 2 March 2020, from the federal area of the country, of a 45-year-old woman from Gilgit, Baltistan, who had also travelled from Iran.
Both patients had recently returned from Iran. The second patient is from the federal territory of the country. The first patient was a student at the University of Karachi, Karachi in Sindh province.Both cases were taken care of according to clinical standard protocols & both of them are stable." On 26 February, Zafar Mirza, the Prime Minister's Special Assistant on Health, stated in a tweet: "I can confirm first two cases of coronavirus in Pakistan.Pakistan closed its border to travellers from Iran until 7 March at the Taftan border, after 43 cases were reported during the coronavirus pandemic in Iran.Two other Pakistani students recovered on 14 February after being hospitalised in Guangzhou.It was confirmed that all four of the students had recovered on 12 February 2020.On 29 January 2020, four Pakistani students studying in China were tested positive for COVID-19.The provincial government constituted a 14-member technical committee. Pakistan's least populated but largest province, Balochistan, started taking steps to prevent the spread of this virus.
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