Shahid Afridi tests positive for Covid-19

Former Pakistan skipper ShahidAfridi has tested positive for Covid-19. Afridi, in a tweet, revealed that he had been feeling unwell since Thursday.

“I’ve been feeling unwell since Thursday; my body had been aching badly. I’ve been tested and unfortunately I’m covid positive. Need prayers for a speedy recovery, InshaAllah,” Afridi tweeted.

The Pakistan all-rounder is the third Pakistan cricketer to test positive for the novel virus after Taufeeq Umar and ZafarSarfaraz. However, Umar recovered from coronavirus after going into a 14-day self-isolation at home. The former Pakistan opener tested positive last month. He then underwent a second test after 14 days which came out to be negative in the first week of June.

Scotland’s MajidHaq and South Africa’s Solo Nqweni are the other cricketers to have contracted the virus.

Afridi has been doing social work during the Covid-19 pandemic via ‘ShahidAfridi Foundation’. He also asked Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh to tweet videos urging people to donate to his foundation.

 

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