Over a dozen people barged into and vandalised the isolation ward at Karachi's Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), late on Thursday evening, after a coronavirus patient being treated there died, officials said.

The violence occurred after the hospital's administration refused to hand over the patient's body to the family.

Videos taken of the ward after the attack showed pieces of glass, furniture and fans strewn on the floor. The glass windows of a counter were also shattered.

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