Pakistan President, Defence Minister Test Positive For Coronavirus

Sindh Governor Imran Ismail tweeted that Defence Minister Khattak, 71, had also tested positive for the virus.

Pakistan's top leadership has been hit by the coronavirus with President Dr Arif Alvi and Defence Minister Pervez Khattak contracting it, days after Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife tested positive for the disease which is now raging in the country. On Monday, President Alvi tweeted that he had tested positive for the virus. "I have tested positive for COVID-19. May Allah have mercy on all COVID-affected. Had the first dose of the vaccine but antibodies started developing after the second dose that was due in a week. Please continue to be careful," the president said. The exact date when President Alvi, 71, contracted the disease or the day of detection was not made public.