ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Asad Umar announced that he has tested negative for COVID-19 after successfully completing his quarantine period.
“I just received my COVID-19 test results which have turned out to be negative by the mercy of Allah,” Asad Umar wrote on Twitter.
He thanked all those who asked about his health and wished him a speedy recovery.”I am grateful to all those people, who inquired about my health and prayed for me, from the bottom of my heart,” he said.
The federal minister also appealed to the masses to take care of themselves and exercise precautions to stay away from the potentially-deadly virus. “May Allah keep everyone safe,” he wrote.
Asad Umar, who also heads the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC), tested positive for the novel coronavirus on December 18, after which he isolated himself at his residence.
میرا کرونا ٹیسٹ رزلٹ ابھی ملا جو الحمدللہ منفی ہے. پچھلے 10 دن میں وہ سب لوگ جنہوں نے خیریت دریافت کی اور دعائیں کی ان سب کا تہہ دل سے مشکور ہوں. اپنا اور اپنے پیاروں کا خیال رکھیں اور احتیاط کریں. اللہ آپ سب کو اپنے حفظ و امان میں رکھے
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) December 28, 2020
More than 100 Pakistani politicians have previously tested positive for coronavirus while most of whom went into self-isolation and recovered.
PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif, Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah, Sindh Governor Imran Ismail, Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar, Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani, and National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser are some of the most prominent figures who have survived the contagious disease.
