Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Pechuho said on Wednesday that 50 per cent of the samples in a Covid-19 genomic study conducted in Karachi were confirmed to be of the UK coronavirus variant. Dawn/File
Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Pechuho said on Wednesday that 50 per cent of the samples in a Covid-19 genomic study conducted in Karachi were confirmed to be of the UK coronavirus variant.
In a video message released on Twitter, Pechuho said that the UK variant spreads very rapidly and it had already spread in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab as a result of which a lot of deaths are occurring and a lot of patients are being affected.
The Sindh chief minister, health minister and Chinese consul general observe as a health professional is administered the dose at the Dow University Hospital while (right) a health worker flashes his vaccination card after receiving the jab at Khaliqdina Hall in this Feb file photo. Fahim Siddiqi/White Star
KARACHI: Expressing concern over the continued surge in Covid-19 cases and slow pace of the vaccination process, health experts have called upon the provincial government to immediately take steps for setting up more vaccination facilities by effectively engaging the private sector.
It’s also important, they said, that the federal government simplify the vaccination process by removing the age limit and registration system, requiring only production of a person’s national identity card for getting the jab.
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This dramatic rise in cases, the study shows, clearly indicates importation of cases (to Pakistan) from the countries where these viral strains were spreading before and during November 2020. Reuters/File
KARACHI: The United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil variants of the coronavirus might be responsible for the current severe third wave of Covid-19 in Pakistan, says a recent study.
The study, which analysed 3,501 positive samples, found that these variants were responsible for causing 54 per cent of new Covid-19 infections reported from December 2020 to February 2021 in Karachi.
According to the study, the positivity ratio in the months of September to November 2020 was 1.538pc, which jumped to 7.6pc in December 2020 to February 2021.
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