
New Variant of Coronavirus
The new variant of Covid-19, which first emerged in the UK, has been detected in Sindh and the federal health authorities have been updated about it, on Tuesday.
According to Health & Population Welfare department statement, the health authorities took 12 COVID-19 samples of the United Kingdom returnees for Genotyping out of which six were positive Covid-19 and three showed the new variant of the coronavirus in the 1st phase.
“The Genotyping showed 95% match of the new variant from the United Kingdom. These covid-19 strain samples will go through another phase of genotyping,” Meeran Yousuf a spokesperson of the health department said.
Meanwhile, the statement added that the contact tracing of these patients of the new variant is in process and their contacts are being isolated as soon as possible.