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.
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The Sindh Forensic DNA and Serology Laboratory at Dr Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research of the University of Karachi has resumed its DNA testing service after the Sindh.
Karachi
May 8, 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed vulnerabilities and weaknesses of the healthcare system of Pakistan. When the pandemic emerged, the nation was in dire need of developing testing, tracking, and treatment facilities for the sixth largest population.
The National Institute of Virology, established in 2018 in collaboration with the Wuhan Institute of Virology (China), at the International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi, has played a significant role in the national fight against the ongoing pandemic by conducting more than 100,000 coronavirus tests in a few months and many other services.
Director ICCBS Prof Dr M Iqbal Choudhary and COMSTECH coordinator general expressed these views while presiding over a meeting held at the Dr Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research (PCMD) on Thursday. Prof Choudhary said at this time of national need, several academic and research institutions had moved forward to c