ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday said that he has recovered from COVID-19 and has resumed his office activities.
In a statement on Twitter, the foreign minister paid tribute to Pakistan’s healthcare and frontline workers for being the country’s “backbone in the fight against this pandemic with unyielding commitment and dedication”.
“Thank you all for your good wishes and support. I am fortunate to be back in the office today post #COVID. I pay tribute to Pakistan’s healthcare and frontline workers for being our backbone in the fight against this pandemic with unyielding commitment and dedication. I salute you,” the minister wrote on Twitter.
Thank you all for your good wishes and support. I am fortunate to be back in office today post #COVID. I pay tribute to Pakistan’s healthcare and frontline workers for being our backbone in the fight against this pandemic with unyielding commitment and dedication. I salute you.
— Shah Mahmood Qureshi (@SMQureshiPTI) July 17, 2020
On 3rd July, Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that he had tested positive for coronavirus and went into self-isolation. The foreign minister had said: “This afternoon I felt a slight fever and immediately quarantined myself at home. I have now tested positive for COVID-19.”
Earlier, Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif has tested positive but subsequently recovered from the coronavirus.
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