Two mosques in Islamabad have been vacated and sealed by authorities after a foreigner, who was part of the Tableeghi Jamaat, tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

Islamabad Deputy Commissioner Hamza Shafqaat told Dawn that both mosques had been sealed after being disinfected.

"Terrible lapse and criminal carelessness on part of the Khateeb and Tableeghi jamat," Shafqaat said in a tweet. "They knew that one of them had symptoms and they kept on roaming around."