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GILGIT: One other 16 individuals had been examined optimistic in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) as the overall variety of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) sufferers rose to 103 within the area on Friday.
The announcement was made by the G-B authorities throughout the fifth day of lockdown within the area.
“With three patients recovered and Dr Usma Riaz’s death, the tally now stands as 103,” stated advisor chief minister on Info Shams Mir throughout a day by day briefing at Gilgit Press Membership.
The advisor stated results of 300 instances was pending in NIH Islamabad and different hospitals.
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Mir additional stated G-B would proceed to obtain edible gadgets and medication from remainder of the nation as Chief Minister Hafeezur Rehman has spoken to Prime Minister Imran Khan about it.
Legislation minister Aurangzeb Khan, who was additionally current within the presser, stated G-B would obtain one other 76 pilgrims from Taftan, including issues are being sorted out about how and the place they’d be screened, examined and stored in G-B.
Concerning the G-B college students stranded in Karachi following lockdown, Khan stated that they had been introduced again by particular buses, including the overall variety of college students coming into the area on Thursday was 630, who will probably be additional screened for the virus as per process.
“We hope they would cooperate with us,” the regulation minister added.
