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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested positive for COVID-19, the country's health minister said on Saturday, two days after he got his vaccination.
Prime Minister is now in Home Isolation . Imaran Khan who is now 68, has been holding regular and frequent meetings lately, including attending a security conference held in capital Islamabad that was attended by a large number of people.
He addressed the conference without wearing a mask, and attended another gathering to inaugurate a housing project for poor people in a similar fashion on Friday.
Mr Khan, a former captain of the national cricket team who became prime minister in August 2018, received Chinese-produced Sinopharm vaccine on Thursday.
Imran Khan was tested for coronavirus after developing a "slight cough", according to one of his senior advisers, and he now has a mild fever.
Vaccine hesitancy has been a major concern in Pakistan, and the prime minister's decision to broadcast footage of himself receiving the jab was praised as an attempt to encourage others to do the same.
Partial lockdown restrictions have recently been reintroduced in parts of the country following a rise in cases.
Pakistan began vaccinations for the general public on 10 March, starting with elderly people.
Along with Sinopharm, the country has approved the CanSinoBio, Oxford-AstraZeneca and Sputnik V vaccines for emergency use.
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