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Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan tests positive for COVID-19



ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested positive for Covid-19, Reuters has reported.

The 68-year-old is “self-isolating at home”, the country’s Health Minister Faisal Sultan has tweeted.

Khan received his first vaccination two days ago.

Pakistan has recorded as many as 13,799 deaths and 623,135 cases during the coronavirus pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Prime Minister Khan has been attending regular meetings, including at a security conference in Islamabad attended by a large number of people, according to Reuters news agency.

PM Khan had addressed the conference without wearing a mask, and attended another gathering to inaugurate a housing project for poor people on Friday, according to reports.

(With inputs from Reuters)

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