Pakistan reports its first case of the Covid-19 Omicron variant

  • 09/12/2021

Pakistan : Pakistan reported the first case of the Omicron variant of coronavirus in Sindh province on Thursday.
According to Geo News, citing the provincial health department, the first case of the variant was reported in a 65-year-old female patient at a private hospital in Karachi.

According to the Sindh health department, the patient arrived in the country from abroad.
The patient, who is not immunised, shows no signs of the virus.Sindh Parliamentary Health Secretary Qasim Siraj Soomro told Geo Pakistan that Omicron was on its way to Pakistan.

"Several PCR tests were not positive in patients later diagnosed with Omicron infection at the international level.
The new virus has undergone extensive mutation."

This development comes as Omicron has been reported in 57 countries, with the World Health Organization (WHO) anticipating that the number will continue to rise.

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