ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will take the coronavirus test on Tuesday after Edhi Foundation chief Faisal Edhi, who had called on the premier last week to hand over a donation for the government’s corona relief fund, tested positive for COVID-19.
According to Saad Edhi, his father started suffering from symptoms, mild fever and headache, soon after meeting Imran in Islamabad on April 15. “The symptoms lasted for four days before subsiding,” he said. Soon after, he got tested for COVID-19 the results of which came back positive today, he added.
Saad added that his father was currently in Islamabad and was feeling better. “He has not been admitted to any hospital and is self-isolating,” he said.
In a video message, Faisal Edhi said: “Currently, I do not have any symptoms but my test results have come back positive,” he said, adding that he has been directed to self-isolate for the next week.
Last week, Edhi had called on Prime Minister Imran Khan to give a donation to his coronavirus relief fund.
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Meanwhile, Prime Minister Imran’s personal physician Dr Faisal Sultan said that the former had agreed to test for COVID-19.
Dr Sultan, who is also the prime minister’s focal person for coronavirus, said: “I am happy to announce that the prime minister, being a responsible prime minister and a responsible citizen, has agreed to get tested on my advice.”
His remarks came during a press conference by the prime minister in which Dr Sultan; Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar; the prime minister’s aide on national security, Moeed Yusuf; and Federal Minister for Industries and Production Hammad Azhar also briefed the media.
