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State of Health Pakistan may face COVID-19 fifth wave in February: Experts
Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 29 Dec 2021, 05:02 am Print
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Islamabad: Health experts have warned that Pakistan may experience fifth wave of the COVID-19 in the mid of February 2022, media reports said.
“Transmission of Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 has started in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad and we fear a rise in COVID-19 cases all over the country in the coming two weeks," officials were quoted as saying by Geo News.
"Pakistan may experience the fifth wave of COVID-19 in the middle of February 2022 with the number of daily cases rising to 3,000 to 4,000," an official of the National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination (NHS,R&C) told The News as quoted by Geo News.
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