KARACHI: Karachi’s Ziauddin Hospital spokesman on Wednesday said that a mysterious gas leak has killed two and sickened 22 others in the city’s Keamari area. The spokesman further said that the two patients were in critical condition when they were brought to the hospital last night. 22 patients were brought to the hospital in the last two days and all of them were complaining of breathing problems. In February, soybean dust had killed over 10 and affected 300 people. A report compiled by the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) at Karachi University found aeroallergen from soybean dust in blood samples collected from the people who died.

Source: Pakistan Today December 23, 2020 19:41 UTC