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Pakistan's IT and telecomm minister tests positive for coronavirus

At least four lawmakers, including a provincial minister, have died due to coronavirus in Pakistan

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Amritsar: A medic collects samples from a man for COVID-19 swab tests at Civil Hospital, during the ongoing nationwide lockdown, in Amritsar, Thursday, June 11, 2020. (PTI Photo)(

Press Trust of India New Delhi
Pakistan's Information Technology and Telecommunications Minister Syed Aminul Haq was tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday, joining a long list of politicians who have tested positive for the virus that has killed 2,872 people in the country.

Haq confirmed that he had been suffering from persistent fever for the past one week which had turned into typhoid, Geo News reported.

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader, who was appointed as Minister for IT and Telecommunications on April 6, 2020, said that as soon as he became aware that he was infected with the coronavirus, he isolated himself.

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