Third wave of COVID -19 in Pakistan: New Variants with new travelers? Third wave of COVID -19 in Pakistan: New Variants with new travelers?

Naveed  Akhtar; Sara  Hayee; Faheem  Nawaz; Muhammad  Idnan

doi:10.52229/pbmj.v4i2.64

Authors

Naveed Akhtar Government Graduate College Pattoki, Kasur, Pakistan
Sara Hayee Government Graduate College for Women, Samanabad, Lahore, Pakistan
Faheem Nawaz University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Muhammad Idnan University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52229/pbmj.v4i2.64

Abstract

In Wuhan City, China, Corona or COVID-19‘s first case was reported in late December 2019 [1]. It is caused by SARS-CoV-2 also called as corona virus. This disease has now spread in in all countries and territories of the world including Pakistan. According to World Health Organization (WHO), 125,425,270 confirmed cases with 2,756,679 deaths have been reported till date with highest positive cases encountered in USA followed by Brazil and India [2]. Pakistan, a developing country in the Asia, faces a big challenge with COVID-19.Ministry of Health in Karachi, Sindh Pakistan, reported first case of corona on February 26, 2020 [3]. The positive cases reported from Pakistan had travel history from Iran, London and Syria. The rapid rise of the positive cases of COVID-19 in first wave in Pakistan is attributed to mishandling of the pilgrims coming from Iran through Taftan, one of Pakistan’s border crossings with Iran. Also, the students in China were returning back to Pakistan especially from the Wuhan, which is the site of the origin of the COVID-19

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