Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood has contracted the coronavirus.

"Unfortunately, I tested positive for the coronavirus," the federal education minister wrote on social networking site Twitter. Corona's symptoms are mild and I feel fine.

He insisted on wearing a mask all the time and following the necessary instructions and hoped that he would recover soon.

The Minister was due to chair a meeting of provincial education ministers earlier in the day to debate the closure of schools amid rising COVID-19 cases, which was postponed.

This is not the first time he has tested positive for coronavirus. He last caught the virus in May 2021.

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