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Pakistan PM Imran Khan tests positive for COVID-19: Top health official

Updated on: 20 March,2021 12:00 AM IST  |  Islamabad
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Khan, 67, tested positive two days after he received the first shot of vaccination against the coronavirus.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan tests positive for COVID-19: Top health official

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks at a Trade and Investments conference in Colombo on February 24, 2021, on the second day of Khan's official visit to Sri Lanka. Pic/AFP

Pakistan Prime minister Imran Khan on Saturday tested positive for the COVID-19 and is self isolating himself, his top aide on health Dr Faisal Sultan said.


Khan, 67, tested positive two days after he received the first shot of vaccination against the coronavirus.



“PM Imran Khan has tested positive for Covid-19 and is self isolating at home,” Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Dr Sultan said on Twitter.


Khan was vaccinated as part of the nationwide anti-coronavirus vaccination campaign which is underway in its first phase.

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