A doctor who was in charge of the Trauma Centre of Bolan Medical Complex Hospital in Quetta has died of the coronavirus, becoming the second doctor in Balochistan to lose his life to the disease.

Dr Zubair Ahmed had tested positive for the deadly virus a few days ago and was admitted to Sheikh Zayed Hospital Quetta for treatment, according to Waseem Baig, the spokesman for the provincial Covid-19 cell.

In Balochistan, 150 doctors and 34 health professionals have so far tested positive for the virus.

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