Four passengers coming from Abudhabi by a private airline have been diagnosed with coronavirus at Lahore airport. These passengers include two Chinese and two Pakistani students. A team of doctors from CMH Lahore and federal health department checked them and later these four passengers were shifted to Service hospital where they will be subjected to more tests. Pakistani students Harris Sattar and Waqar Yasin are among the four passengers diagnosed with coronavirus.
A US citizen has died from the new coronavirus at the epicentre of the epidemic in China, the US embassy said Saturday, in what appeared to be the first confirmed foreign death from the outbreak.while a Japanese man also died after experiencing symptoms consistent with the disease, authorities have said.
Officials announced the death toll had risen to 800, with 88 more people dying in mainland China – the highest one-day jump so far. The toll is nearing the 794 killed worldwide during the 2002-03 Sars epidemic.
"We can confirm that a 60-year-old US citizen diagnosed with coronavirus died at a hospital in Wuhan, China, on February 6," an embassy spokesman told AFP, without specifying the person's gender.
"We offer the sincerest condolences to the family for their loss," the spokesman said, adding that no further comment would be made out of respect for the family´s privacy.
At least 734 people have died from the virus in China while more than 35,000 have been infected, according to the latest independent figures.
Two people have died from the virus outside the mainland: a man from Wuhan in the Philippines and a 39-year-old man in Hong Kong.
The Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday that 19 foreigners have been infected in China, and two of them have recovered. The ministry refused to disclose their nationalities.
On Friday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said US was prepared to spend up to $100 million to assist China and other countries impacted by the coronavirus outbreak.
Stephen Biegun, deputy secretary of state, told a media briefing that the funding would help support response efforts by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Biegun said the United States has also sent nearly 17.8 tons of medical supplies to China, including masks, gowns and other protective gear.
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