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A young passenger returning from China has been moved to an isolated ward of a government hospital in Peshawar over suspicion of Coronavirus infection.

The 23-year-old belongs to a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and has been admitted to Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) after showing the symptoms.

A spokesperson of the LRH told reporters that his blood samples have been sent to the National Institute of Health (NIH) for testing.

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