Daily Times
July 21, 2021
The spread of the coronavirus Delta variant is reaching alarming levels in Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi on the eve of the Eid al Adha as public and some private sector hospitals are reaching capacity and have started refusing patients, medical officials said on Tuesday.
The Sindh provincial government said on Monday that the Covid-19 situation in the city is becoming serious, and warned people that ignoring precautionary measures during the holiday could make matters worse.
During the past 24 hours, the coronavirus positivity rate in the Sindh capital increased to 25.7%, nearly five times the national rate of 5.25%.
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Health experts in Sindh have discovered a new mutation of coronavirusâ Delta variant â Delta wild or Delta Plus.
On Monday, the province reported six cases of the âDelta wildâ variant, the provinceâs health secretary, Qasim Soomro, confirmed.
According to the World Health Organisation, the Delta Plus/wild variant contains a new mutation in the spike protein of the novel coronavirus. It enters human cells and is called K417N.
Closely linked to the Delta variant, the new mutation has been named âDelta Plusâ by the WHOâs naming system for COVID-19 variants. So far, the Delta Plus variant has been reported in relatively low numbers across the world.