KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said on Monday he had tested positive for the coronavirus.
* نماز جمعۃ المبارک کے بعد کوویڈ 19 کا ٹیسٹ کروایا تو مثبت آیا، وزیراعلیٰ سندھ سید مراد علی شاہ
— CMHouseSindh (@SindhCMHouse) November 16, 2020
In a statement released by the Twitter account of CM House, Murad said that he had a mild fever on Friday and got himself tested after Friday prayers.
“On the advice of my doctors, I have gone into isolation,” he said, adding that he was currently only experiencing a slight fever.
* ڈاکٹروں کی ہدایت پر میں نے خود کو آئسولیٹ کیا ہے، سید مراد علی شاہ
* ہلکا بخار ہے باقی طبیعت کافی بہتر ہے، وزیراعلیٰ سندھ سید مراد علی شاہ
— CMHouseSindh (@SindhCMHouse) November 16, 2020
Pakistan is currently in the midst of a second wave of the novel coronavirus, with several prominent personalities, including politicians, testing positive for the disease in recent weeks. The country on Monday reported 2,128 fresh infections after conducting 29,511 tests with a positivity ratio of 7.21 per cent.
Several politicians, including Sindh Governor Imran Ismail, National Assembly (NA) Speaker Asad Qaiser and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shahbaz Sharif, have contracted the disease since the first case emerged in the country in February.
Last week, Peshawar High Court (PHC) Chief Justice Waqar Seth and senior journalist Arshad Waheed Chaudhary passed away of coronavirus.
Prime Minister Imran Khan will preside over a meeting of the National Coordination Committee (NCC) today to devise a strategy to deal with the rising number of coronavirus cases in the country.
The NCC meeting is likely to make a decision about early and extended winter vacations in educational institutions as suggested by the November 11 meeting of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) to reduce the impact of the disease.
The NCOC had also suggested banning all public gatherings of more than 500 people, reducing the number of participants in marriage functions by 50 per cent, allowing only takeaways and outdoor dining at restaurants till 10pm and closing all cinemas, theatres and shrines with immediate effect.
