First case of Omicron reported in Islamabad

In line with the sources, the affected person has no worldwide journey historical past; nonetheless, the affected person not too long ago travelled to Karachi.

The affected person reportedly is in good well being and has solely minor signs. Contact tracing is presently being executed to detect extra circumstances, the sources added.

It’s pertinent to notice that six extra Omicron circumstances have been reported in Karachi yesterday taking the whole variety of infections within the metropolis to eight.

In line with the reviews, the suspected sufferers have a journey historical past.

4 of them got here from South Africa, the place the Omicron variation was first detected, whereas two others got here from the UK.

They said that the suspected sufferers’ samples had been despatched to a personal hospital for affirmation and that the sufferers had been moved to a quarantine centre.