Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah contracts coronavirus

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah announced on Monday that he had tested positive for coronavirus.

In a series of tweets, the minister observed that he had a slight fever on Friday, and decided to get tested after Friday prayers.

The CM said he had a slight fever still, but his overall condition was stable. He added that he has isolated himself as per his doctors' advice.

The chief minister is one of many government officials to have tested positive for the deadly virus ever since it broke out in Pakistan in February.

Only three days ago, Pakistan Peoples Party's MPA Jam Madad Ali, who had earlier tested positive for Covid-19, passed away at a private hospital in Karachi on Friday. He was 57 years old.

The politician, who hailed from Jam Nawaz Ali taluka of Sanghar district, was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard on Saturday.

Among some other noted politicians to have contracted the virus in Pakistan were NA Speaker Asad Qaiser, Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif, former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid.