Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination, Faisal Sultan went to Twitter to post that Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan tested positive for Covid-19.
PM Imran Khan has tested positive for Covid-19 and is self isolating at home
— Faisal Sultan (@fslsltn) March 20, 2021
The test was done after the premier was experiencing mild symptoms.
The Prime Minister of Pakistan has now quarantined himself in his house for the time period and has suspended all activities.
He has even gotten SinoPharm Vaccine just the day before yesterday on the 18th of March.
Prime Minister has been an avid supporter of following Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives and head of NCOC, Asad Umer said Imran Khan was experiencing symptoms two days ago, meaning that the virus had infected him two to three prior to the days.
Asad Umer said that the situation has not been this bad since June of last year, and it is very concerning.
Asad Umer said that Genome Sequencing shows more than 50% of the current cases show that UK strain has arrived, and he is worried more about this strain than the earlier strain of the COVID-19. This is because the strain is more viral and more mortality.
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“UK strain cannot be stopped as the social transmission is taking place but the country is banning entries from the countries where the South African and other dangerous strain has been seen”, Asad Umer said while talking to the TV.
Pakistan’s coronavirus positivity rate spiked to 8% on Saturday after 3,876 new cases emerged during the last 24 hours. According to the daily data available on the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) website, another 42 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total death tally to 13,799 across the country.
Meanwhile, the number of total active cases stands at 29,576 in Pakistan as of today. As per the statistics, about 1,446 patients have recovered from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 579,760.