India has faced some unforeseen problems during the second wave of Covid-19. However, something odd is unfolding in our immediate neighbourhood. Pakistan is employing the same strategy as China in deceiving the world by presenting a bogus number with a small number of tests.
Contact tracing of all the cases of the global strains is in progress. Reuters/File
Pakistan has reported its first confirmed case of a coronavirus variant first identified in India, the federal health ministry said on Friday.
The Indian variant case was detected by the National Institute of Health which conducted whole-genome sequencing of SARS CoV-2 samples collected during the first three weeks of May 2021, health ministry spokesperson Sajid Shah said in a statement. The sequencing results confirmed [the] detection of seven cases of B.1.351 (South African variant) and one case of B.1.617.2 (Indian variant), the statement said, adding that this was the first in-country detection of the Indian strain.
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