ISLAMABAD: Veteran politician and former Chief Minister of Sindh Qaim Ali Shah tested positive for coronavirus. Nafisa Shah, daughter of Qaim Ali Shah and PPP MNA today announced this news through her twitter account.
Nafisa said her father had tested positive for the virus a few days ago. “He has all the symptoms and is undergoing treatment and care at home under supervision of team of doctors,” she tweeted.
“Pls pray for his good health and speedy recovery.”
The veteran leader of Pakistan Peoples Party has become the latest politician to contract the deadly virus. Last week, Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz Vice-President Maryam Nawaz had tested positive for the virus.
On July 23, Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi had announced that he tested positive for the novel virus. On August 1, the minister took to Twitter to share that his test result came back negative.
Since July this year, Pakistan has been witnessing a surge in coronavirus cases as well as national positivity level as the country grapples with the Delta variant of the Covid-19.
Meanwhile, after reporting more than 5,000 daily coronavirus cases, Pakistan has seen a slight decrease after 3,582 people tested positive during the last 24 hours on Tuesday.
However, during the last 24 hours, Pakistan saw a slight decrease in the tally with the positivity ratio also coming down. During the last 24 hours, 49,798 tests were conducted across the country, with the positivity rate being recorded at 7.19%.
Till Aug 3, 2021, Pakistan has reported 23,529 deaths and 1.04 million Covid infections while more than 944,000 patients have recovered so far. Globally, 4.24 million people have died because of coronavirus while over 199 million suffered from this virus.
