The PCB has already suspended its all domestic competitions and cricket activities
18 March, 2020
PHOTO COURTESY: PCB
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has issued a public service message, featuring top cricket stars, in light of the global spread of coronavirus.
The video features Pakistan’s Twenty20 International Babar Azam, Test captain Azhar Ali and veteran all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez.
The PCB has already suspended its all domestic competitions and cricket activities.
The number of global coronavirus infections shot past 200,000 on Wednesday, as governments across Europe, North America and Asia rolled out tough measures to put the brakes on the ferocious spread of the deadly pandemic.
Worldwide fatalities topped 8,000 and more deaths have now been recorded in Europe, the new virus epicentre, than in Asia since the outbreak first emerged in China in December.
According to The Express Tribune tally, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Pakistan stands at 287 with 208 cases in Sindh while Punjab has 28, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa reported 19, Balochistan has 16, Islamabad two, Gilgit-Baltistan 14 and none in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
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