ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan’s wife and First Lady Bushra Bibi has also tested positive for COVID-19, the news surfaced, hours after the government had announced that the premier had contracted the virus on Saturday.
On a social media website Twitter, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis Syed Zulfi Bukhari wished her a speedy recovery.
“Vaccines are safe & must be taken; #PMIK had his first shot just a day ago, before which he was exposed already. Please do get yourself & loved ones vaccinated and fight the fake news,” Bukhari added.
Wishing our First Lady & PM @ImranKhanPTI a speedy recovery.
May Allah give them both shifa.Vaccines are safe & must be taken, #PMIK had his first shot just a day ago, before which he was exposed already.
Please do get yourself & loved ones vaccinated and fight the fake news! pic.twitter.com/kh7HvD2Qv5— Sayed Z Bukhari (@sayedzbukhari) March 20, 2021
The first lady’s health conditions have not been disclosed at the moment, however, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan said the premier was “fit and doing well.”
The development came as the country grapples with the third wave of the pandemic, with Pakistan’s coronavirus positivity ratio moving up to 9.46% and the country recording 3,876 cases and 42 deaths in the last 24 hours.
It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan has reported as many as 3,876 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, taking the country’s COVID-19 tally to 623,135.
According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), the country’s death toll climbed to 13,799 after 42 people succumbed to the deadly disease during the last 24 hours.
Meanwhile, 1,446 patients recovered from the deadly disease in a day taking the total recoveries to 579,760. The monitoring body further informed that the total active COVID-19 cases across the country were reported to be 29,576.
