Imran Khan to get tested after meeting Faisal Edhi who turned Covid-19 +ve
Pakistan on Tuesday reported 16 more deaths from the coronavirus, taking the country’s toll to 192, while the number of confirmed spiked to over 9,000.
Imran Khan may be tested for the coronavirus or asked to go into isolation after a well-known philanthropist was tested positive for the COVID-19, days after meeting the Pakistan prime minister, his doctor said on Tuesday.
File photo of Pakistan PM Imran Khan. (Photo: Reuters)
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Faisal Edhi, the son of late philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi and chairman of the Edhi Foundation, met Khan last week.
Khan’s personal physician and CEO of Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital, Faisal Sultan, told media that would meet Khan on Tuesday.
“I will meet him and recommend that he gets tested…We will follow all protocols in place and make recommendations accordingly,” he said.
The protocols recommend self-isolation for people who meet those tested positive for the coronavirus.
Pakistan on Tuesday reported 16 more deaths from the coronavirus, taking the country’s toll to 192, while the number of confirmed spiked to over 9,000.
It is not clear how Khan will run the government if he was asked to go into quarantine.
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Khan is currently working as per routine and also chaired a meeting of Cabinet.
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Earlier, Saad, the son of Faisal Edhi told the Dawn newspaper that his father started showing symptoms last week, soon after meeting Khan in Islamabad on April 15.
“The symptoms lasted for four days before subsiding,” Saad said.
He added that his father was currently in Islamabad and was doing better.
“He has not been admitted to any hospital and is self-isolating,” he said.
Faisal Edhi had met Prime Minister Khan to hand over a ₹10 million cheque for the premier’s coronavirus relief fund.
The Edhi Foundation was founded by the late Abdul Sattar Edhi and is the leading charity organisation in Pakistan.
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