In late April, a group of senior doctors in Pakistan, and abroad, wrote to religious leaders and to the prime minister "pleading" not to open mosques during ramadan, particularly as 80% of the people attending would be mostly in their 60s and 70s. This could result in an "explosion of Covid-19". The governor of Sindh, Imran Ismail revealed on 27 April that he had tested positive for COVID-19 via Twitter.Governor Sindh Imran Ismail tests positive for COVID-19, Geo News, 27 April 2020
