KARACHI, Pakistan: A Chinese diplomat on Thursday backed Pakistan's decision not to evacuate Pakistani students from the province at the centre of China’s coronavirus outbreak, a day after parents confronted government ministers demanding their children be brought home.
Pakistan has ruled out bringing back more than 1,000 students in Hubei province and its capital Wuhan, where three-quarters of the more than 2,000 deaths from the outbreak of the flu-like virus have been recorded.“If such large number of students come back, this will cost huge health operations for the Pakistani government. If the isolation facilities are not ready, this can cause another outbreak of this virus in Pakistan,” Li Bijian, consul-general of China in Karachi, told reporters.
“So that’s why I say this decision of not evacuating the students from the epicentre is difficult but a very good decision.” On Wednesday, angry parents confronted government ministers at a meeting, demanding their children be evacuated.
When u have nowhere to return, my solidarity with these kids. Glad that there are countries that take care of their citizens and don’t disown them.
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