Pak Foreign Minister tests positive for Covid-19
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi announced that he has tested positive for the coronavirus disease and quarantined himself
Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi announced that he has tested positive for the coronavirus disease and quarantined himself, becoming the latest senior politician in the country to be hit by the deadly virus.
Taking to Twitter, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader said that this afternoon, he felt a slight fever and immediately quarantined himself at home.
Qureshi is the senior most functionary of the government to be infected with the virus.
He is the Vice President of ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and considered as number two in the government after Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Several Pakistani lawmakers contracted the deadly virus and some of them have also died.