More than 40 cases of the Delta variant — a highly virulent Covid-19 strain that has caused devastation in India a few months back — have been reported in Karachi during the current month.
Sources told Dawn the cases also involved a family of five residing in Lyari.
According to the health department data, a copy of which is available with Dawn, 24 cases of the Delta variant were reported last month. The tests were largely performed at the Aga Khan University Hospital and the National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad.
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