Pakistan's PM Imran Khan, Infected With COVID-19, Holds In-Person Meeting

Imran Khan, 68, tested positive for the coronavirus last Saturday, just a couple of days after receiving a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine. Hi wife Bushra Bibi also tested positive for COVID-19 the same day.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has come under severe criticism from both the opposition and the public for holding an in-person meeting with his media team despite being infected with COVID-19, according to a media report today. Imran Khan, 68, tested positive for the coronavirus last Saturday, just a couple of days after receiving a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine. Hi wife Bushra Bibi also tested positive for COVID-19 the same day. Imran Khan received the first shot of the Chinese-produced Sinopharm vaccine, the only COVID-19 vaccine available in Pakistan, on Thursday as part of the nationwide anti-coronavirus vaccination campaign which is underway in its first phase. The criticism of Pakistan's Prime Minister began soon after a picture of the meeting was posted on social media by Information and Broadcasting minister Shibli Faraz and another lawmaker Faisal Javed, who attended the meeting.