The Gilgit-Baltistan government has decided to close all schools till Saturday next in wake of coronavirus outbreak.

The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by Secretary Home in Gilgit.

Meanwhile, talking to our Gilgit correspondent, Secretary Health Gilgit-Baltistan, Rasheed Ali said the samples of nine suspected patients of coronavirus have been sent to the federal capital for laboratory tests.

Sher/Abid