Pakistan confirms two coronavirus cases, brings total to four
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29 February, 2020, 09:30 pm
Last modified: 29 February, 2020, 09:31 pm
Men walk with face masks as a preventive measure, after Pakistan confirmed its first two cases of coronavirus, along a sidewalk in Karachi, Pakistan February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
Pakistan confirmed two more cases of coronavirus on Saturday, bringing the total number of positive cases to four since Wednesday when the first two cases were reported in the country.
"We have received reports of two more positive cases of coronavirus, one has been reported in Sindh province, (the) other in federal areas," Zafar Mirza, Pakistan's health minister, told a news conference.
He said the two people in the earlier reported cases were doing well and one is about to be discharged from hospital.
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