Pak PM Imran Khan To Get Tested For COVID-19, May Go Into Self-Quarantine

The son of a well-known Pakistani philanthropist, who met Prime Minister Imran Khan last week, has been tested positive for the novel Coronavirus

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New Delhi/Islamabad: The son of a well-known Pakistani philanthropist, who met Prime Minister Imran Khan last week, has been tested positive for the novel Coronavirus. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan may go into self-quarantine after it emerged that he came in contact with Faisal Edhi who tested positive for the novel Coronavirus last week. Faisal Edhi, the son of famous philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi and chairman of the Edhi Foundation, started showing symptoms last week soon after meeting with Prime Minister Khan in Islamabad. As per the sources of Dawn newspaper, Khan met Faisal Edhi, the chairman of the Edhi Foundation, the world's largest volunteer ambulance network, on April 15. After meeting the Prime Minister, Faisal developed flu-like symptoms and was tested positive for the virus the following day. Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported on Tuesday quoting Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital CEO Faisal Sultan, who is also Khan's personal physician, as saying that that the premier was "currently occupied with a cabinet meeting" but "as soon as he is finished", he will recommend that he "gets tested and follow all the protocols in place". Faisal however, according to his son who spoke to the Dawn newspaper, is in self-isolation and his health remains fine. Saad further added that his father was currently in Islamabad and was doing better. "He has not been admitted to any hospital and is self-isolating," he said. He has donated Rs 1 crore to the Prime Minister Imran Khan fund for Pakistan's fight against the pandemic. It was not known so far if Prime Minister Khan would undergo testing. The Edhi foundation is also helping the Coronavirus victims in their burial services. So far 197 people have died and over 9,500 tested positive for the disease in Pakistan.