Pakistan has the unfortunate situation of sharing borders with two countries that are going through significant COVID-19 waves right now:
India and
Iran. Per
Worldometer, Pakistan is now suffering through what I believe would be considered a third wave. What are some of the reports about what is occurring in Pakistan? Is India or Iran potentially responsible for this wave of infections?
The Telegraph (Apr 27):
The country of around 220 million is currently recording an average of around 5,500 cases and 130 deaths per day – similar levels to the peak of the first wave seen last June. A lack of testing means those official figures are thought to be a significant undercount.
The government has admitted that the number of patients needing oxygen is far higher than it was last summer.
. . . Travel from India has been banned, including the closure of the land border at Wagah, and tensions between the neighbours mean there are no direct flights. Yet while officials who have seen sequencing data say there is no sign in Pakistan yet of the “double mutant” variant found in India, the easily transmissible UK variant has taken widespread hold.
