Executive Director and Head of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), Dr. Seemi Jamali’s husband has contracted Coronavirus.

According to the details, well-known surgeon Dr. A R Jamali, Seemi Jamali’s husband, was also serving at JPMC when he contracted the virus.

Dr. Seemi told that the reports confirm about his husband testing positive for COVID-19. He is shifted to a quarantine centre of a private hospital in the city.

Whether renowned or not, many health officials risk their lives to work on the frontline to battle against the deadly pandemic. They had also suffered from the virus due to their maximum exposure to the patients.

Earlier in a May 07 report, at least 142 medics contracted coronavirus within the last 24 hours.

Overall 668 of them currently remain affected from it after today’s biggest jump in a day, the report read.

It is pertinent to mention here that Sindh government decided to provide a special allowance to the employees of the provincial health ministry in acknowledgement of their services during COVID-19 pandemic on April 28.