Housing Minister Tariq Basheer Cheema contracts coronavirus

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Housing and Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) leader Tariq Basheer Cheema has contracted the novel coronavirus today (Sunday).

According to details, the Housing Minister was admitted to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) yesterday after testing positive for the deadly virus.

Relevant Sources informed that the doctors treating Tariq Bashir Cheema have decided to keep him at the hospital for a few days. Several politicians along with PTI ministers had tested positive for the novel coronavirus over the past few months.

Earlier on July 3, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had tested positive for the novel coronavirus. FM Qureshi took to Twitter and said, “This afternoon I felt a slight fever and immediately quarantined myself at home. I have now tested positive for COVID 19.”

The Foreign Minister further wrote, “By the grace of Allah, I feel strong and energetic. I will continue to carry on my duties from home.”

Prominent political leaders who had contracted the virus so far include National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser, PM’s aide on Health Dr. Zafar Mirza,  PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Governor Sindh Imran Ismail, PPP leader Saeed Ghani, and Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid. However, many of them have recovered from the disease.