ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services Dr Faisal Sultan has announced that Prime Minister Imran Khan has made steady clinical recovery from COVID-19 and may resume work soon.
In a Tweet, the special assistant said PM Imran’s lab parameters have remained stable. “The prime minister has been advised that he may resume work and build up his work routine over the next few days,” he wrote.
PM Imran Khan has made steady clinical recovery from Covid and his lab parameters have remained stable. He has been advised that he may resume work and build up his work routine over the next few days. This is in line with national and int’l guidelines
— Faisal Sultan (@fslsltn) March 28, 2021
“This is in line with national and international] guidelines,” Dr Faisal Sultan concluded. He also shared the government’s “Home Isolation and Discharge During COVID 19” guidelines for people’s review.
Meanwhile, he also provided a link to the “Interim Guidance on Duration of Isolation and Precautions for Adults with COVID-19” issued by the United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
National guidelineshttps://t.co/SLoUgGZpb8https://t.co/mnEQZ1pJto
CDC USA guidelineshttps://t.co/R8OcqcGTJb
— Faisal Sultan (@fslsltn) March 28, 2021
Earlier on March 20, Dr Faisal Sultan announced that the premier had tested positive for COVID-19 and was isolating at home. His wife, Pakistan’s First Lady Bushra Bibi also tested positive.
The premier had also received a coronavirus shot. Doctors said the vaccine did not have enough time to be effective and that PM Imran may have contracted the virus a few days prior to developing symptoms for it.
