Faisal Edhi tests negative for coronavirus

Dunya News

Edhi said he is thankful to the doctors who took care of him and people for their prayers.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Faisal Edhi, son of world-famous philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi and chairman of the Edhi Foundation, has been tested negative novel coronavirus.

The son of world-famous philanthropist took to the twitter to share the news and test report and said that he had his third test two days ago, on May 4, at PIMS Hospital in Islamabad, which turned out to be negative.

Faisal Edhi was tested positive for the pandemic on April 21 in Islamabad. The second test was conducted on April 27 at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences which also came positive.

Edhi said he is thankful to the doctors who took care of him and people for their prayers. “We should not be afraid of it but fight it,” he said.

On April 21, the chairman of the Edhi Foundation had tested positive for the coronavirus. His son Saad Edhi said that his father started suffering from symptoms, soon after he travelled to Islamabad to meet with Prime Minister Imran Khan on April 15.

"The symptoms lasted for four days before subsiding," he said. Soon after, Faisal got tested for Covid-19 and the results came back positive.