Sindh health minister says variant is lethal and spreads faster, asks masses to follow SOPs during Eid
A nurse holds a syringe containing a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine made by the Beijing Institute of Biological Products, a unit of Sinopharm subsidiary China National Biotec Group (CNBG), at a vaccination center during a government-organized visit, in Beijing, China, April 15, 2021. REUTERS
KARACHI:
The UK variant of coronavirus, which is fuelling the ongoing third wave of Covid-19 in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkwa provinces, has reached Sindh, the provincial health officials confirmed on Wednesday.
Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Pechuho said that a genomic study conducted in Karachi had 50 samples confirming the UK variant of the virus. “This virus has reached Karachi now too,” she disclosed in a video message to the public.
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