ISLAMABAD: Federal Capital has reported first case of the Omicron Variant as the health officials of the capital city have confirmed that they have received one patient contracted by the variant.
District Health Officer, Dr Zaeem Zia on Saturday, said that first patients affected by the Omicron, the new COVID-19 strain.
Dr Zia said the patient has no international travel history; nonetheless, the patient recently travelled to Karachi.
The patient reportedly is in good health and has only minor symptoms. Contact tracing is currently being done to detect more cases, the officials added.
The DHO reports that healthcare staff are ready to deal with the Omicron variant.
He urged citizens to exercise caution and get vaccinated.
According to Dr Zia, citizens who are eligible for the booster shot should get one.
It is pertinent to note that six more Omicron cases were reported in Karachi yesterday taking the total number of infections in the city to eight.
According to the reports, the suspected patients have a travel history.
Four of them came from South Africa, where the Omicron variation was first detected, while two others came from the United Kingdom.
They stated that the suspected patients’ samples had been sent to a private hospital for confirmation and that the patients had been moved to a quarantine centre.
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