Pakistani Overseas Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Friday he had examined beneficial for COVID-19, times following holding large-profile meetings like just one with U.S. specific consultant on Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad in Islamabad.
“This afternoon I felt a slight fever and promptly quarantined myself at residence,” Qureshi stated on Twitter. He said he felt wholesome and would carry on his duties from residence.
Qureshi has experienced speak to with Pakistani Primary Minister Imran Khan
In the very last few times, Qureshi has experienced get in touch with with Pakistani Primary Minister Imran Khan in parliament and in a cupboard conference on Wednesday. Qureshi also met Khalilzad on Wednesday when the U.S. specific representative travelled to Pakistan to examine development on the Afghan peace procedure.
Photographs unveiled from those conferences confirmed Qureshi and other folks sporting confront masks. The U.S. Condition Department did not remark.
Pakistan has described 221,896 circumstances of the coronavirus and 4,451 deaths. The nation has ongoing to see about 4,000 new instances on a every day foundation, irrespective of each day testing figures falling.
A number of high officials have analyzed good for COVID-19 in Pakistan, including Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed and the speaker of the decreased property of parliament, Asad Qaiser.