The government has outrightly rejected speculations about a possible lockdown in Karachi after the first case of the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus was detected in the city.
The news was confirmed by Deputy Commissioner East Asif Khan who said that they have not yet decided to impose a lockdown in the vicinity of the building where the first Omicron case has been detected.
“Another Covid-19 case has been reported from the building where the woman lived and the sample has been sent to Islamabad for genome-sequencing,” he said adding that so far there is no need to worry for them.
Samples taken from 1,000 people that came in contact with the woman have all tested negative, the commissioner said.
The DC confirmed that there will be no lockdown in the city at the moment.
