KP CM’s focal person on Covid response tests positive
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PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD: A lawmaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday, as the country recorded 1,579 cases and 52 deaths in a single day.
According to the KP Assembly Secretariat, MPA Asia Asad, the KP Chief Minister’s focal person for coronavirus, tested positive after which she isolated herself at home. It said Asad had been asked to adopt proper protective measures against Covid-19 at home. The MPA has also appealed to well-wishers to pray for her early recovery from the infection.
Meanwhile, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) was informed that the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) had given emergency use authorisation of Sinopharm’s Covid vaccine for administration to those above 60 years of age.