The district administration of Matiari has approached the Matiari district health officer (DHO) to get all 66 people tested for the coronavirus who came in contact with Sindh Governor Imran Ismail during his visit to the district on April 22. Ismail tested positive for the virus in Karachi on Monday.

Matiari Additional Deputy Commissioner-II Ishtiaq Ali Mangi has sent a list of 66 persons including media personnel who are required to be tested.

Ismail had also visited Hyderabad on April 22. He had attended a briefing at Shahbaz Hall given by Hyderabad Deputy Commissioner Fuad Ghaffar Soomro. He had also visited the Ehsaas Kifalat centre in Qasimabad.

Ismail had then addressed a press conference at the residence of PTI activist Mohsin Ghumman. MPAs Jamal Siddiqi, Haleem Adil Sheikh and others accompanied him.