SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern dominate in Lahore, Pakistan in April 2021.

ABSTRACT: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic continues to expand globally, with case numbers rising in many areas of the world, including the Indian sub-continent. Pakistan has one of the world's largest populations, of over 200 million people and is experiencing a severe third wave of infections caused by SARS-CoV-2 that began in March 2021. In Pakistan, during the third wave until now only 12 SARS-CoV-2 genomes have been collected and among these nine are from Islamabad. This highlights the need for more genome sequencing to allow surveillance of variants in circulation. In fact, more genomes are available among travellers with a travel history from Pakistan, than from within the country itself. We thus aimed to provide a snapshot assessment of circulating lineages in Lahore and surrounding areas with a comb

SUBMITTER: Sarwar MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8743565 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature