Sindh’s provincial govt’s spokesperson tests positive for Covid-19

Sindh provincial authorities’s spokesperson Murtaza Wahab has examined positive for the coronavirus, including to the checklist of politicians who’ve contracted the virus that has killed over 3,500 folks in Pakistan.

Wahab, whose assessments outcomes got here again positive on Saturday, has put himself below quarantine.

The News International quoted Wahab saying that he has no signs presently and is feeling alright.

According to the Ministry of National Health Services, Pakistan reported 4,951 new coronavirus instances within the final 24 hours, taking the nation’s tally to 176,617 on Sunday.

The demise toll because of the virus reached 3,501 after 119 folks died of the illness throughout the interval.

Among the contaminated folks, 67,353 are in Sindh, 65,739 in Punjab, 21,444 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 10,662 in Islamabad, 9,328 in Balochistan, 1,278 in Gilgit Baltistan and 813 in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

A complete of 67,892 folks have recovered from the illness.

The authorities have performed 1,071,642 assessments, together with 28,855 within the final 24 hours.

The variety of Covid-19 instances is growing quickly within the nation and to date, a number of lawmakers have been contaminated with the virus.

At least 4 lawmakers, together with a provincial minister, have died resulting from coronavirus in Pakistan.

Pakistan’s Information Technology and Telecommunications Minister Syed Aminul Haq was examined positive for the coronavirus on June 16.

Sindh’s Minister For Women Development Syeda Shehla Raza was examined positive for the coronavirus a day earlier. The 56-year-old chief has gone into isolation at her residence.

Former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani examined positive for the coronavirus on June 13.

Shehbaz Sharif, chief of the Opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), was examined positive for the coronavirus on June 11 after he appeared earlier than the NAB in a cash laundering case.

Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad, PML-N leaders Ahsan Iqbal and Marriyum Aurangzeb had additionally examined positive for the virus.