PM Khan tests negative for coronavirus

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 that causes Coronavirus disease, according to government’s officials.

The PM was tested a day after Faisal Edhi, the head of charity organization, the PM had met on April 15 tested positive for the disease.

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan in a tweet said the test used was a polymerase chain reaction and it turned out to be negative.

Health Minister Zafar Mirza also confirmed that Khan’s test was negative.

“Prime Minister Imran Khan was tested today for SARS-CoV-2 (the virus strain that causes coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19]. The test used was a polymerase chain reaction (PCR). I am happy to report that his test is NEGATIVE,” Mirza tweeted.