Prime Minister Imran Khan tests positive for coronavirus

The news has been confirmed by Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health, Dr Faisal Sultan on his twitter account.

“PM Imran Khan has tested positive for Covid-19 and is self isolating at home,” he shared.

PM Imran Khan has tested positive for Covid-19 and is self isolating at home

— Faisal Sultan (@fslsltn) March 20, 2021

It is pertinent to mention here that PM got his Covid-19 vaccination two days ago.

Pakistan is presently experiencing the third wave of coronavirus, which is said to be deadlier and more contagious.

According to National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), around 3,876 cases of coronavirus were reported while 42 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 13,799.

The total number of confirmed cases reached to 623,135.

As many as 579,760 patients have recovered from the disease with 2,122 critical cases.