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Pakistan Reports 1,828 Coronavirus Cases in 24 Hours
Pakistan Reports 1,828 Coronavirus Cases in 24 Hours
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Confirmed infections of COVID-19 reach 971,304, against 912,295 recoveries and 22,555 deaths, leaving 36,454 active cases
Pakistan on Saturday reported 1,828 new infections of COVID-19 after conducting 48,134 tests a positivity ratio of 3.8 percent.
The British government has announced it would provide genomic sequencing support to Pakistan to help it fight new variants of the coronavirus. According to a press release issued by the British High Commission, the New Variant Assessment Platform program would allow Pakistan to utilize British expertise and support to quickly detect new, and potentially more dangerous, variants of COVID-19. “This shows the best of U.K.-Pakistan friendship and our commitment to back Pakistan in building back better from the impacts of COVID-19,” said British High Commissioner to Pakistan Christian Turner.
UK govt doesn’t know when Pakistan will come off Red List
July 9, 2021
LONDON: The UK government has told Pakistan that it has no idea at this stage when Pakistan will be taken off the travel Red List as Britain continues to work on its own programme to open up the country on July 19 to normal pre-Covid situation.
The News understands from sources in both the UK and Pakistan governments that the matter of Pakistan’s Red List travel ban was discussed when Prime Minister Imran Khan held talks with Lord Tariq Ahmed of Wimbledon, Minister for South Asia, who visited Pakistan last week.
British High Commissioner to Pakistan Dr Christian Turner said that “sharing world class UK science expertise with Pakistan will help detect new Covid variants of concern and keep fighting this pandemic”. Reuters/File
ISLAMABAD: The British government has announced a new package of genomic sequencing support to help Pakistan fight new variants of Covid-19.
Under the New Variant Assessment Platform (NVAP) programme, Pakistan will be able to draw on UK expertise and support to quickly detect new and potentially more dangerous variants of Covid-19, a British High Commission press release said.
The United Kingdom is a world leader in genomic sequencing for Covid-19 variants and the second largest contributor to the international database for the variants. Under an agreement reached between the UK’s Public Health England (PHE) and Pakistan’s National Institute for Health (NIH), the British government will share its expertise and provide reagents to increase genomic s
July 9, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The United Kingdom has announced a new package of Genomic Sequencing Support to help Pakistan’s fight against new dangerous variants of COVID-19. Through the New Variant Assessment Platform (NVAP) program, Pakistan will be able to draw on the UK expertise and support to detect new, and potentially more dangerous variants of Covid-19 quickly.
According to the British High Commission, the UK is a world leader in Genomic Sequencing for COVID variants and the second largest contributor to the international database for the variants.
Through an agreement inked between the UK’s Public Health England (PHE) and Pakistan’s National Institute for Health (NIH), the UK will share its expertise and provide reagents to increase Genomic Sequencing capacity in Pakistan. The support will also include technical advice on bio-informatics workflow and technical processes.