Covid resurgence: 19-year-old girl from Budgam fresh victim of deadly virus J&K records 1,937 COVID cases, 19 deaths Deceased youngest Covid victim of current year; She had no underline conditions; second wave more infectious, more lethal, high time to ramp up genome sequencing: Dr Nisar ul Hassan
Srinagar, Apr 21 (KNO): The second wave of Covid-19 has started to prove more lethal and infectious than the first wave as a 19-year-old girl from Budgam with no Comorbidities died just within a week after contracting the virus, at a Srinagar hospital on Wednesday.
Dr Nisar ul Hassan, a flu expert and the President Doctors Association Kashmir while talking to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that the second wave of the Covid-19 is proving to be more lethal as it is more infectious than the first wave and there is need to ramp up genome sequencing.