Health crisis looms large over Karachi as Delta variant spreads - Pakistan dawn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dawn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
According to the health department data, a total of 44,777 tests were conducted in Karachi over the past seven days. Of them, 7,580 came positive. Reuters/File
KARACHI: A health crisis driven by the Delta variant the most dangerous and transmissible form of the coronavirus to date has emerged in the city ahead of Eidul Azha with sudden increase in Covid-19 positive cases over the past few days.
Sources told
Dawn the patients’ growing number had burdened major tertiary care hospitals where Covid-19 units were almost full to their capacity. A few hospitals were simply refusing to admit patients on grounds that they were out of space.
God have mercy on us : Hospitals in Karachi reaching capacity as Delta variant spreads - Pakistan dawn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dawn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.