Confirmation of the First Case of BF7, the Deadliest Variant of Corona, In Pakistan

According to the report of Dawn newspaper, the sample of this variant was tested at Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS). According to health department officials, this is the first case of the most deadly variant of Corona in Pakistan, which has been diagnosed as Corona. In a 49-year-old patient affected by the new variant known as BF 7.

Officials said that despite alarming signs of BF-7 proliferation in China, it appears to be quite limited in various places, for example in the United States as of December 10, 2022, the prevalence rate of this variant was 5.7 percent. Down from 6.6 percent a week earlier, China’s rapid spread may be due to lower overall population immunity due to vaccination or previous variants.

According to the latest data, BF7 spreads faster than other variants, has a shorter incubation period, and is more capable of infecting people who have already been infected with the coronavirus, even if they are not infected. Have been vaccinated before. The presence of Omicron variant subtypes (XBB and XBB-1) in the city has been previously confirmed by the provincial health department.

In the latest report of the health department, it is stated that 12 patients under treatment in hospitals are on ventilators and 5 new cases have been reported in the last 2 days.