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New COVID-19 variant detected in Karachi

By Abdullah Zahid. KARACHI: A coronavirus strain 95% similar to UK’s new strain has been detected in returning passengers in Karachi, announced the Sindh health department on Tuesday. Sindh health department took twelve Covid-19 samples of UK returnees, of which 3 showed the new variant, states a statement from the department. “The genotyping showed a 95% match of the new variant from UK,” it said, adding that the samples will go through another phase of genotyping. “Meanwhile the contact tracing of these patients is in process and their contacts are being isolated also,” the provincial health department said. Special Assistant