KARACHI: The Sindh government issued new limitations on Saturday aimed at limiting the spread of the Omicron version of Covid-19, according to local news media.
The Sindh government has issued a warning to keep doors and windows open during gatherings to prevent the spread of the Omicron form of the coronavirus.
Those with a cough or a runny or stuffy nose should stay away from the events, according to the home department.
Only fully vaccinated people are allowed to attend a meeting, and the corona SOPs must be posted on the premises, according to the home department.
On Thursday, six more probable Omicron cases were discovered in Karachi.
Patients suspected of possessing the Omicron strain, according to provincial health department authorities, had a travel history. Two of them came from the United Kingdom, while the remainder came from South Africa, where this strain of the virus was initially detected.
The National Institute of Health (NIH) confirmed Pakistan’s first Covid-19 Omicron variant case in a woman patient from the port city on December 13.
Omicron (B.1.1.529) is a variant of SARS-CoV-2 first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) by the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa on 24 November 2021. It was first detected in Botswana and has spread to become the predominant variant in circulation around the world.
