"I have tested positive for COVID-19. Please keep me in your kind prayers," State Minister of Health Zafar Mirza said on Twitter. A number of high level officials have tested positive in Pakistan, including Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi who announced he had the virus on Friday, just days after meeting with US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad. The Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed and the speaker of the lower house of parliament, Asad Qaiser have also contracted the virus. On Monday, 48 doctors resigned in the eastern city of Lahore, one of the hardest hit areas by the virus.

Source: bd News24 July 06, 2020 13:52 UTC