Pakistan asks 12 Indian High Commission officers and households to quarantine after optimistic case in embassy

Pakistan has requested 12 officers of the Indian High Commission (IHC) right here to quarantine, together with their members of the family and drivers, after one in every of them examined optimistic for the coronavirus since their arrival from India final week, the Foreign Office mentioned.
A bunch of 12 officers and their members of the family crossed over to Pakistan by means of the Wagah Border on Saturday (May 22), Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri mentioned on Sunday.
All 12 passengers carried damaging Polymerase Chain Reaction COVID-19 reviews however they had been re-tested consistent with the laid down COVID-19 security protocols in Pakistan.
“The wife of an official tested positive on a rapid antigen test conducted by Pakistani health officials,” the spokesperson mentioned.
Pakistan’s high physique on the pandemic, National Command and Control Centre (NCOC), reviewed the case and suggested all 12 officers, their members of the family and drivers to bear the obligatory quarantine.
“The Indian High Commission has been advised to strictly follow the guidelines provided by the NCOC,” the official mentioned.
The Express Tribune newspaper quoted diplomatic sources as saying that as per the usual working procedures (SOPs) agreed between the 2 international locations, if a member of the diplomatic employees or their associates examined optimistic for COVID-19, they are going to be quarantined in the identical nation as a substitute of being despatched again.
“Pakistani authorities have acted in accordance with the law,” they added.
The coronavirus has to date killed 20,308 individuals in Pakistan, together with 903,599 confirmed COVID-19 instances, in response to official information launched on Monday.