Prime Minister Imran Khan has questioned the spreading of "fake news" regarding a higher number of Covid-19 deaths than officially reported.

Speaking at a press conference in Islamabad the premier questioned whether people were suggesting the government was hiding deaths due to coronavirus.

Dr Faisal Sultan, the premier's focal person on the virus added that the government was investigating suspected deaths due to Covid-19 in Karachi. "Some 15 of the 300 deaths are suspected to be because of coronavirus. We are looking into it but cannot yet comment further on it."

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