Pakistan's Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi recovers from Coronavirus [Post#9]

[The Viper]

Pakistan’s foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, has announced he has tested positive for the coronavirus, as the number of confirmed cases in the country passed 220,000 on Friday.

He said he felt a ’slight fever,” immediately quarantined at home and later tested positive, according the Associated Press.

Qureshi is the senior most government official to contract the virus. Pakistan’s infection rate has been steadily climbing since the prime minister, Imran Khan, eased restrictions saying the country’s fragile economy would collapse under a strict lockdown and the poorest would suffer the most.

Khan has gone on national television to ask Pakistanis to wear masks and social distance, but the vast majority largely have ignored the precautions. Confirmed infections reached 221,896 on Friday and more than 4,500 deaths. Pakistan has pulled back on testing to around 20,000 tests a day from a high of more than 32,000.

Four MPs have died of Covid-19, one from the federal legislature and three provincial parliamentarians.

 

[The Viper]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This afternoon I felt a slight fever and immediately quarantined myself at home. I have now tested positive for Covid 19. By the grace of Allah, I feel strong and energetic. I will continue to carry on my duties from home. Please keep me in your prayers.</p>— Shah Mahmood Qureshi (@SMQureshiPTI) <a href="https://twitter.com/SMQureshiPTI/status/1279039013534478342?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[MenInG]

Not the best thing for government when their ministers are getting it - obviously due to lack of precautions

 

[sweep_shot]

Get well soon, Mr. Qureshi.

 

[pakistani pride]

Not the best thing for government when their ministers are getting it - obviously due to lack of precautions

And?

He will be posting on social media coming 14 days. Another case of a positive test but nothing serious.

The 4.500 deaths in pak should be enough to understand the hype of this so called killer virus.

 

[Firebat]

FM Qureshi moved to Military Hospital after testing positive for virus: sources

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has been moved to Military Hospital in Rawalpindi, Geo News reported on Saturday, citing sources.

A day earlier the foreign minister had announced he had tested positive for the virus and had gone into isolation.

“This afternoon I felt a slight fever and immediately quarantined myself at home. I have now tested positive for COVID-19,” the foreign minister had said in a Twitter post.

“By the grace of Allah, I feel strong and energetic. I will continue to carry on my duties from home. Please keep me in your prayers,” he added.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian on Saturday wished the foreign minister a quick recovery from the illness.

"Please stay safe. I wish you a quick recovery," he tweeted.

Qureshi joins a long list of lawmakers who have contracted the virus.

Two weeks ago, Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) leader and Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications Syed Aminul Haq had tested positive for coronavirus, while a week earlier than that PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb said she has tested positive.

Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, PTI MNA Jai Prakash, former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Minister of State for Narcotics Shehryar Afridi and PTI's chief whip in the National Assembly Aamir Dogar have also been diagnosed with COVID-19.

Previously, many politicians including ANP’s Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, Sindh Governor Imran Ismail, Sindh education minister Saeed Ghani, National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser, and Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari had tested positive for coronavirus, after which they went into self-isolation and recovered.

PTI Punjab Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) Shaheen Raza was the first lawmaker in the country to succumb to the virus.

PTI MPA Mian Jamsheduddin Kakakhel from Nowshera and PML-N MPA Shaukat Manzoor Cheema from Gujranwala also passed away last month after being on the ventilator for a few days.

https://www.geo.tv/latest/296295-fm...ital-after-testing-positive-for-virus-sources

 

[MenInG]

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has rubbished reports of his death Thursday after rumours of the politician passing away emerged following a Wikipedia edit that said he had died.

Reports of his death were propagated by the Indian lobby on social media after it was discovered that his profile at Wikipedia had been edited to say he had died.

The foreign minister said the false news had caused distress among his family and friends.

“I am fine by the Grace of Allah and recovering from COVID-19," Qureshi said in a statement.

Earlier this month, Qureshi had announced he had tested positive for coronavirus and had gone into isolation.

Read more: FM Qureshi moved to military hospital after testing positive for virus: sources

“This afternoon I felt a slight fever and immediately quarantined myself at home. I have now tested positive for COVID-19,” the foreign minister had said in a Twitter post.

“By the grace of Allah, I feel strong and energetic. I will continue to carry on my duties from home. Please keep me in your prayers,” he added.

https://www.geo.tv/latest/297079-fm-qureshi-rubbishes-reports-of-death-after-wikipedia-page-edit

 

[MenInG]

And?

He will be posting on social media coming 14 days. Another case of a positive test but nothing serious.

The 4.500 deaths in pak should be enough to understand the hype of this so called killer virus.

Please tell that to the relatives of who have died.

And the point is that ministers are not taking precautions but expecting public to do that.

 

[MenInG]

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday said that he has recovered from COVID-19 and has resumed his office activities from today (Friday).

Taking to 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.

On July 13, Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that he had tested positive for coronavirus and went into self-isolation.

The foreign minister, in a tweet, had 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 joins, among many others,Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif, both who tested positive but subsequently recovered from the coronavirus.

https://www.geo.tv/latest/298424-fm-qureshi-recovers-from-covid-19