Coronavirus: ‘No proof triple mutant from India reached Pakistan’

A health worker inoculates a man with a dose of the COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination centre in Karachi, Pakistan, on May 12, 2021. (AFP)

May 17: The News report by M Waqar Bhatti states that no evidence is available if the ‘triple mutant Covid variant from India’ or B.1.617.2 has managed to reach Pakistan. All possible measures, including ‘reduced inbound travel’, testing on arrival at airports and quarantine for those tested positive are in place to keep the deadly variant at bay, the country’s top health officials said on Sunday. Read More I