KARACHI: A new virus similar to COVID-19 which was first discovered in the UK, has reached Pakistan.
Citizens infected with coronavirus have expressed grave concern over the arrival of the new virus in Karachi. Dr. Ata-ur-Rehman, chairman of the Prime Minister’s Task Force on Science and Technology, said, said that scientists around the world have observed a change in the new wave of coronavirus in European countries. A similar virus has been discovered, he added.
Dr. Ata-ur-Rehman stressed the need for local vaccine development to curb the growing cases of coronavirus in the country. At present, more than 200 companies are working on vaccines to deal with the new virus.
It should be noted that 111 more people have died in the country due to the coronavirus, 2,256 new patients came forward in 24 hours. The total number of deaths from coronavirus in the country has reached 9,668 while the total number of infected people has reached 465,070.
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The rate of positive cases across the country has reached 6.61 percent. Hyderabad has the highest rate of coronavirus positive cases at 6.78 percent. Coronavirus positive cases rate in Karachi is 13.01 percent, in Rawalpindi 5.74 percent, in Azad Jammu and Kashmir 8.25 percent, in Balochistan 4.78 percent, in Gilgit-Baltistan 1.07 percent, and in Islamabad 3.5 percent.
According to the NCOC, Punjab has 3.8 percent, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 6.41 percent, Sindh 7.91 percent, Lahore 9.49 percent, Peshawar 6.36 percent, Mirpur 8.47 percent, and Muzaffarabad 7.69 percent.
