Department of Health Sindh The spokesman said on Saturday that among the two passengers at Jinnah International Airport Karachi on Friday Corona A new variant of the virus, JN1, was suspected, and it may take three to four days to get their confirmatory results.
Talking to Independent Urdu Department of Health Sindh Spokesperson Shabbir Ali said that after the cases of new variant of corona virus came to light in different countries, it has been decided to test passengers coming from abroad on the instructions of the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC). .
According to Shabbir Ali: ‘According to NCOC guidelines, only suspected passengers are separated from the entire flight and tested. The samples of two suspects have been tested yesterday and sent to the laboratory of Dow University of Health Sciences. The result of which will come in three to four days.
He said that the same procedure has been set for all passengers coming from abroad.
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‘The new variant is not as powerful as Covid-19. Therefore, the diagnosed passengers have been sent home with strict quarantine instructions.’
The National Institute of Health (NIH) had issued a health advisory on January 2 regarding the new type of corona virus, JN1. According to which new types of coronavirus have been reported in recent weeks, while the World Health Organization (WHO) is evaluating the spread of this type of SARS-CoV-2.
According to the health advisory of the National Institute of Health, the variant JN1 of the corona virus is spreading rapidly in different countries, however, it was said that this type of virus is not as deadly as before, but to prevent the spread of cold, cough and cold. Take precautions.
National Institute of Health (NIH) Spokesperson Nazia Hassan while talking to Independent Urdu said that the cases of new type of corona virus JN1 were reported in different countries after which the tests started in Pakistan.
He said that till last Tuesday 16 cases have been reported in Pakistan.
According to Nazia Hasan: ‘After the test of the suspects, they are being sent home with instructions on precautionary measures for the corona virus, so that they can quarantine in their own homes. Because this new variant of the virus is not so dangerous. Therefore, no quarantine centers have been set up yet.’
According to the spokesperson of the Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan, after the increase in the cases of corona virus in many countries, the orders to screen two percent of the passengers of all the international flights arriving at all the airports of Pakistan are being followed.
According to a Civil Aviation Authority spokesperson: ‘Staff at airports have been instructed to provide all possible support to Border Health Services officials. Apart from this, instructions have also been issued to carry out fumigation in passenger lounges at least once a day.
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2024-08-30 21:18:25