PHOTO: REUTERS/FILEThe spread of the coronavirus Delta variant is reaching alarming levels in Karachi on the eve of the Eidul Azha holiday as public and some private sector hospitals are reaching capacity and have started refusing patients, medical officials said on Tuesday. The Delta variant could spread during the holiday as people travel from cities like Karachi to their home towns. Last week, Pakistan’s planning minister, Asad Umar, said hospitals were seeing a rapid build-up in the influx of Covid patients. Most of the patients coming to JPMC have been sent by other hospitals, which could not accommodate them, she added. “[At JPMC] we have enough stock.”Indus Hospital’s Dr Abdul Bari reported a similar situation.

Source: The Express Tribune July 20, 2021 12:56 UTC