KALAT: Pakistan needs to sound alarm bells as Covid-19 new variant Omicron has descended on the country’s turf. As many as 30 suspected cases of the new variant have been reported from the Balochistan area of Kalat.

According to the health department, the new cases emerged after a patient tested positive for the virus. During a two-day testing in the area, 30 more suspected cases of the Omicron variant appeared in Kalat district.

The health department said the samples of the suspected Omicron patients have been sent to the NIHD, Islamabad for genome sequencing.

Balochistan reports at least 12 suspected Omicron cases

The health department has directed the district administration to trace the affected patients and isolate them.

On December 9, the first Omicron variant case was detected in Karachi by doctors at a private hospital.