Pakistan PM Imran Khan tests positive for coronavirus
By Muhammad JuniadPublished On 06 Jan 2023
Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested positive for coronavirus.
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Faisal Sultan confirmed the news on Twitter as well.
Dr. @fslsltn has tweeted that Prime Minister @ImranKhanPTI has tasted positive with #COVID19. We can’t wait to see you healthier and stronger as always. Wishing you a speedy recovery from our hearts.#GetwellsoonSkipperhttps://t.co/4xWjIvOQs5
— 9 News (@9newshdpk) March 20, 2021
The premier received a coronavirus shot on Thursday, the Prime Minister's Office had said.
Indus Hospital CEO Abdul Bari Khan refuted reports of there being a possibility that one can get COVID-19 from a vaccine. He said that it is "normal" and "common" to get infected if you have been exposed shortly before being vaccinated.
According to Federal Parliamentary Secretary National Health Services Nausheen Hamid, the Federal Government Hospital's staff administered the vaccine.
After receiving the jab, the prime minister had appealed to the people to continue exercising precaution in view of the third wave of the pandemic.
