Former CM Sindh Qaim Ali Shah’s daughter tests positive for coronavirus

KARACHI: Daughter of former Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and prominent gynecologist Dr Nusrat Shah has tested positive for COVID-19.

On a social media website Twitter, her sister and PPP federal lawmaker Nafisa Shah wrote, “My sister Dr Nusrat Shah, who serves at the Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), has contracted coronavirus.”

She further said that Dr Nusrat went into self-isolation at her home after noticing COVID-19 symptoms.

My sister Professor Gynae& Obs at Dow #DrNusratShah has tested positive for #Covid19.She has isolated herself at home after symptoms but wants to recover soon to go back to her job. Best wishes& prayers for her & 600plus infected healthcare workers for a speedy recovery @nusrat61 pic.twitter.com/OJSaCo70RO

— Nafisa Shah (@ShahNafisa) May 11, 2020

A growing number of healthcare professionals have started testing positive for the novel COVID-19 in the past few days, with at least 257 confirmed infections among doctors and paramedics between May 5 and May 9.

According to a report, 11 health professional have so far lost their lives to the COVID-19 across Pakistan.

As many as 766 healthcare providers — 440 doctors, 111 nurses and 215 paramedics and other support staff—have been infected till 9 May and forced to live in home isolation or are under treatment at hospitals.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is the worst-hit with respect to the number of healthcare providers infected with the COVID-19 as 186 have tested positive there, followed by 184 in Punjab, 138 in Balochistan, 149 in Sindh,  22 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 83 in the Islamabad and four in Azad Jammu & Kashmir.