The government urged suspected patients to test the virus which has claimed nearly 7,000 live across the globe as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has risen to 186.
Call the National Health Line (1166) or your health care provider if you believe you might have symptoms like a fever, coughing or shortness of breath.
Health specialists recommend that the support line formed for coronavirus will visit the hospital or doctor immediately.
Private laboratories charge upwards to Rs7,900 for each test while designated public hospitals test free of cost. The results are reported back to you within a 48-hour period.
Earlier in the day, provincial authorities in Sindh and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa confirmed 68 and 15 new cases of novel coronavirus respectively, pushing the total number of confirmed cases in Pakistan to 136.
This is the single largest increase in novel coronavirus cases in the country as of today.
