Here are some of the stories we are expecting to follow today (Saturday):
- Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has issued directives to close grocery shops and medical stores, including those in hospitals, by 5pm.
- A special plane will bring back 150 Pakistanis stranded at the Bangkok airport.
- A doctor at the Poly Clinic Hospital in Islamabad has tested positive for COVID-19, according to the hospital’s spokesperson. His fellow doctors will be sent to the Oil & Gas Development Company’s building which was recently turned into an isolation centre.
- The US Congress has approved a $2.2 trillion bill for healthcare services as the country struggles to contain the coronavirus.
- As of Friday, a total of 1,298 known cases of the coronavirus have been reported in Pakistan. Nine people have died of the virus while 21 have recovered.
- ICYMI: Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Saturday that his government is going to form a special youth force to battle coronavirus and provide poor people food on their doorsteps. Click here to read the full story.
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