Balochistan CM tests positive for Covid-19

Published October 14, 2020
Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani has been infected with coronavirus and has quarantined himself at his home. — Photo courtesy RadioPak/File
Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani has been infected with coronavirus and has quarantined himself at his home. — Photo courtesy RadioPak/File

QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani has been infected with coronavirus and has quarantined himself at his home.

“My coronavirus test has turned out to be positive,” he himself said, according to sources on Tuesday. Health officials confirmed that he had quarantined himself at his residence. They said he was being given the required treatment.

Published in Dawn, October 14th, 2020

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