BREAKING | Pakistan PM Imran Khan Tests Covid-19 Positive Day After Being Inoculated With Chinese Vaccine

<p><strong>Islamabad:</strong> Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday tested positive for Coronavirus, country's Health Minister Dr Faisal Sultan informed. The Pakistan premier tested positive for the deadly contagion a day after he was vaccinated.</p> <p class="Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x">In a tweet, Sultan said that the former cricketer-turned-politician has quarantined himself at home.</p> <p class="Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x">[tw]https://twitter.com/fslsltn/status/1373204642734223361[/tw]</p> <p class="Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x">As per reports, Khan, 67, got inoculated with Chinese Covid-19 vaccine Sinopharm as a part of Pakistan's nationwide anti-coronavirus vaccination campaign which is underway in its first phase.</p> <p class="Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x">The country, earlier this week, received half a million doses of Coronavirus vaccines donated by China. The vaccination drive in Pakistan is currently underway for senior citizens.</p> <p class="Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x">Khan received the first shot of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine against Covid-19 on Thursday, just days after President Arif Alvi was administered the jab.</p> <p class="Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x"><strong>ALSO READ | <span style="color: #e03e2d;"><a style="color: #e03e2d;" href="https://ift.tt/2NzZziJ About Ajay Lalwani, The Pakistani Journalist Killed In A Barber Shop For Speaking Up For Minorities</a></span></strong></p> <p class="Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x">After taking the jab, Khan stressed that people across the country should follow the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to fight against the third wave of the pandemic in the country.&nbsp;</p> <p class="Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x">Pakistan's Covid-19 vaccination drive also know as National Covid Immunization Program kicked-off in February 2021 shortly after receiving the Chinese government-donated Sinopharm vaccines.</p> <p class="Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x">On Wednesday, the second batch of the vaccines arrived in the country. Amid an ongoing third wave of the pandemic, Pakistan has so far registered over 6 lakh positive cases of coronavirus with over 13,000 deaths.</p> <p class="Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x"><em><strong>(This is a breaking story. More details awaited.)</strong></em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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