Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah has tested positive for coronavirus and has gone into isolation, a statement from the Chief Minister House, Sindh said Monday.
In a series of tweets, the Chief Minister said he has light fever but was feeling better and has got himself isolated on the directions of his doctors. He said he got himself tested on Friday.
In his initial statement, Shah said he is not experiencing any other symptoms of the disease other than low-grade fever.
Two more members of the Sindh Assembly belonging to Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Sharjeel Inam Memon and Sher Muhammad Balani, also tested positive for coronavirus on Monday.
Meanwhile, the doctors have advised Sindh cabinet members to go through COVID-19 tests as a precautionary measure because they have been in contact with Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah.
The PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari telephoned the Sindh chief minister and inquired after his health. Bilawal prayed for the speedy recovery of Murad Ali Shah.
It is pertinent to mention here that Covid-19 claimed four more lives and 8484 cases were emerged in the past 24 hours, taking the overall tally to 156,528 people in the province.
Out of the total daily tally recorded for past 24 hours, 592 belong to Karachi which makes about 69 per cent of all the cases emerging from the metropolis.
With four new fatalities attributed to the global pandemic, the Sindh number of people to have lost their lives throughout the outbreak phase stands at 2751.
Meanwhile, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz prayed for the early recovery of Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah.
In a tweet on social media platform Twitter, he said Allah may give him complete health.
He appealed to the people to strictly observe the precautionary measures and keep themselves and others safe from the coronavirus pandemic.
