ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin on Wednesday tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
According to sources privy to the matter, the finance minister has quarantined himself after testing positive for the infection.
It has further emerged that the meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has also been postponed after Shaukat Tarin, who would have headed the meeting tested positive for COVID-19.
Earlier in the day, Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif has once again tested positive for the coronavirus, PML-N spokesperson Marriyam Aurangzeb said.
She said the PML-N president was isolating himself at his residence.
Ms Aurangzeb said doctors have advised Shehbaz to take complete rest, urging people, including party workers and leaders, to pray for his swift recovery.
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He is the latest among several politicians who have tested positive for the infection during the fifth wave of the pandemic fueled by the Omicron variant of the virus.
On Jan 13, Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood announced to have tested Covid-19 positive. Before him, President Arif Alvi tested positive for COVID-19 for a second time.
