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.

Shah Mahmood Qureshi tweet“I have now tested positive for Covid-19. By the grace of Allah, I feel strong and energetic. I will continue to carry on my duties from home. Please keep me in your prayers,” he said in a tweet.

Qureshi is the senior most functionary of the government to be infected with the virus.

Shah Mahmood Qureshi

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.