Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood has tested positive for COVID-19 coronavirus on Tuesday (today).
Shafqat Mahmood took to social media to announce that he has contracted the novel COVID-19 coronavirus.
According to the federal minister he is fine and only has mild COVID-19 symptoms.
I have tested positive for coronavirus. I feel fine with mild symptoms. InshAllah will get well soon.
— Shafqat Mahmood (@Shafqat_Mahmood) May 25, 2021
I have tested positive for coronavirus. I feel fine with mild symptoms. InshAllah will get well soon, he tweeted.
Following the announcement, wishes and prayers poured in from fellow politicians along with journalists in for the federal minister wishing him the best
Praying for your recovery. Get well soon @Shafqat_Mahmood sb. https://t.co/ValuLKxVkU
— Taimur Khan Jhagra (@Jhagra) May 25, 2021
All the prayers for your health dear Shafqat Sb.
— Owais Tohid (@OwaisTohid) May 25, 2021
It is to be noted that the federal minister in March earlier this year, had announced that he received COVID-19 vaccine at the Polyclinic in Islamabad.