25 Covid Patients Fled Quarantine Center in Peshawar
All 25 patients who ran away from the facility were diagnosed with British variants of the virus
Sources in the Peshawar Airport Police disclosed some 25 covid positive patients from different districts across the province quarantined at the Police Services Hospital fled the facility.
Three days ago, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) health department had set up a quarantine center at Police Services Hospital.
Hospital sources said, “There was a complete fracas about the spread of the virus after the patients ran away from the quarantine center. An investigation has been launched against them”.
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Soon after the news spread, Peshawar police and health department officials launched the search operation for finding out carriers of the deadly virus.
The hospital officials confirmed that all 25 patients were diagnosed with covid-19 British variants.
Sources said no staff member was present at the quarantine facility when the infected patients broke out.
A recent investigation report by the Chughtai Laboratory revealed that British and South African variants of coronavirus were detected in different areas of Punjab province.
Taking to their Twitter handle, Chughtai Lab shared the details of the research paper.
Our Virology and Genetics Departments conducted a joint study at the end of March to assess presence of variants of SARS-COV-2 Virus in Pakistan.
60 out of 62 samples turned out to be UK variant. Research paper has been submitted for publication. pic.twitter.com/JakuiRe0jj
— Chughtai Lab – Official (@ChughtaiLab) May 5, 2021
The analysis says that out of 62 randomly collected samples, some 60 patients were detected with UK variant while the rest had South African ones.
The research paper declared the British variant as the main reason for the increase in coronavirus cases in Pakistan.
Pathologists including Dr Suhail Akhtar Chughtai and Dr Omar Chughtai told the primary reason for the spike in coronavirus cases during the third wave in Punjab was the presence of British variant.
The infected carriers who escaped from the Peshawar Police Services Hospital were also diagnosed with UK form of the virus which tends to spread faster.
