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Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza on Tuesday taking to twitter to confirmed the 5th case of COVID19 in federal areas.

“We have now a fifth confirmed case of COVID19 in federal areas.

234/ We have now 5th confirmed case of #COVID19 in federal areas. Patient is stable and is being managed well. I request the media to respect the privacy of the patient and the family.

— Zafar Mirza (@zfrmrza) March 3, 2020

The patient is stable and is being managed well,” Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health, Dr. Zafar Mirza said.

The patient is a 45-year-old woman from the northern mountainous region of Gilgit-Baltistan, who arrived from Iran a few days ago, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Previously, two cases of novel coronavirus were reported from Karachi and two from Islamabad.