Coronavirus: China providing best medical facilities to Pakistanis: envoy

China's Ambassador to Pakistan, Yao Jing has said that after spread of coronavirus in China, the Chinese government is caring Pakistanis in China more than the Chinese and providing them best medical and other facilities.

Yao Jing in an interview with Xinhua news agency in Islamabad on Sunday said the Chinese government has taken serious steps since January 1, when it emerged. The Chinese government, he added has taken a number of steps to address this challenge. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Ke Cheng have given special attention to the campaign to tackle the epidemic and are constantly monitoring the steps taken for it, he maintained.

To date, the number of certified coronavirus patients in China has increased to twelve thousand, while the number of suspects is close to twenty thousand, and 302 have been killed.

He said, two things have been very helpful in promoting the ongoing campaign against. "First, the number of confirmed patients is declining day by day and second more people are being recovered," he said, adding it also indicates that the Chinese government, Chinese doctors and the health department are in a position to cope with the epidemic and take measures to prevent it.

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