Federal Minister Asad Umar tests positive for COVID-19

Asad Umar, Federal Minister for Planning, Development, Reforms and Special Initiatives, and the chief of the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC), Pakistan’s COVID-19 monitoring body, has tested positive for coronavirus.

The federal minister in a tweet shared his health update on Saturday.

“Just got my covid test result and it is positive. Will be isolating at home,” he said in a tweet.

Just got my covid test result and it is positive. Will be isolating at home.

— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) December 18, 2020

Here at Oyeyeah, we wish him a speedy recovery.

The second deadly wave of Covid-19 pandemic continues across the country.

During the last 24 hours, as many as 3,179 more cases and 87 deaths were reported.