CPEC project halted in South Punjab amid coronavirus fear

Dunya News

Coronavirus: Screening process of 71 Chinese CPEC engineers and their security personnel is underway

MULTAN (Dunya News) – In a wake of growing coronavirus fear, the ongoing work on the project under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in South Punjab has been halted today (Thursday).

According to details, the screening process of 71 Chinese engineers and their security personnel is underway to diagnose any kind of virus in their bodies.

On the other hand, Chinese health authorities said there were 7,711 confirmed cases of infection, mostly in Hubei province where the death toll rose by 38 to 170.

Infections have been reported in at least 15 other countries and, with the appearance of the first case in Tibet, in every province and region of mainland China.