Has the new coronavirus strain reached Pakistan?
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No evidence exists to back reports that the new strain of coronavirus in UK has allegedly found its way to Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan s aide on health Dr Faisal Sultan said Thursday.
The premier s aide was responding to a question during a webinar organised by the Pakistan Society for Awareness and Community Empowerment (PACE), where he said that Dr Atta-ur-Rehman had provided no scientific evidence of the new virus variant s existence in the country.
The webinar was moderated by senior health journalist Muhammad Waqar Bhatti, convener PACE, while other panelists were Dr Faisal Mahmood, an infectious diseases expert from Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), Karachi, Prof Sohail Akhtar, a pulmonologist from Indus Hospital Karachi and Dr Babar Saeed Khan, public and digital health expert and CEO of Ehad Healthcare Karachi.
نئے برطانوی وائرس کے پاکستان پہنچنے کے شواہد نہیں ملے، ڈاکٹر فیصل سلطان
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Health professionals express serious concern over rising Covid 19 re infections in Pakistan-ANI
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Health professionals express serious concern over rising Covid-19 re-infections in Pakistan ANI | Updated: Dec 13, 2020 13:16 IST
Karachi [Pakistan], December 13 (ANI): Health professionals in Pakistan have raised serious concerns over the growing incidents of Covid-19 re-infections at various health facilities in the country, where several patients have been reported having coronavirus for a second time with severe illness.
Earlier perceived as a rare phenomenon, a rising number of coronavirus re-infection cases have started ringing alarm bells among health professionals in major cities of the country, reported The News on Sunday.
However, policymakers and planners are not worried about the situation, claiming that the Covid-19 re-infection was still something that was not fully established and cannot be considered as a threat as of now.
Concern over rising Covid-19 re-infections in Pakistan
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