National Institute of Health (NIH)

According to a report prepared by the National Institute of Health (NIH) Islamabad and conveyed to the Ministry of National Health Services showed that 40 doctors, six nurses and 22 paramedics have been infected in past 24 hours.

One each was reported from Sindh and Balochitan

"The NIH Islamabad will receive 100 more testing kits during the ongoing month," said a source as tally of confirmed coronavirus patients jumped to 18 across the country.

The NIH received as many as 60 blood samples from Punjab for the test of novel coronavirus.

National Institute of Health (NIH) Ion Monday initiated performing tests on the suspected patients of the coronavirus, that has claimed at least 350 lives in China and had become a global health issue.

A recent surge in pneumonia cases, associated with the virus, has been reported in China

KARACHI: A large number of the cases of mosquito disease Chikungunya being reported at Karachi's government and privately owned hospitals, ARY News reported on Friday. The visiting team of World Health Organization (WHO) experts, has concluded its visit of the city's hospitals and affected neighborhoods and submitted a guideline of the measures to Sindh health department to tackle the rising numbers of Chikungunya and Dengue cases. The WHO team was arrived in Karachi to provide assistance to the health authorities…

KARACHI: Around 45 more patients suspected of mosquito-disease Chikungunya have been admitted at Government Hospital Saudabad in Malir district of Karachi, ARY News reported on Friday. The hospital staff have collected blood samples of the yet un-diagnosed patients and being sent to laboratories for confirmation of the infection. National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad had confirmed presence of Chikungunya virus in Karachi on Thursday as three patients were diagnosed with the virus. NIH had initially taken…