The emergency department of the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH) — one of Karachi's biggest public hospitals — has been sealed after a doctor tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

A senior official at the hospital told Dawn.com that the chief medical officer (CMO) at ASH tested positive for Covid-19.

Dr Saleem Shaikh, additional police surgeon at the hospital added that the emergency department was sealed around 3pm after the doctor's test came back positive.

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