At least 30 employees of the Pakistan Institu
te of Medical Sciences (PIMS) have tested positive for
coronavirus.
According to a PIMS spokesman, staff infected with the
coronavirus include nurses, doctors, and
coronavirus. A spokesman for the Pakistan Institu
te of Medical Sciences said that 10 patients of the
coronavirus were undergoing treatment at PIMS while the condition of three patients undergoing treatment at the hospital was critical.
Earlier, PIMS had closed its children hospital after a Senior Associate Professor (AP) was tested positive with the virus. The senior doctor was anesthetist and had travelled to Peshawar recently.
The doctor fell ill during the surgery in the operation theatre and
he was tested for COVID-19 which resulted positive.
It may be recalled that 15 more deaths have been reported in Pakistan du
e to the
coronavirus and the total number of deaths has reach
ed 6,499. According to statistics released by the National Command and Control Center, 625 new cases of
coronavirus were reported across the country, bringing the total number to 313,431.
