Health department officials verified that the sewage sample was obtained on May 15 from Sohrab Goth, which serves as an environmental sample collection site. They further revealed that this marks the first positive environmental sample from the Karachi division this year. “This is the first positive environmental sample from Karachi division of the year so far,” they confirmed. The last positive sample from the Karachi division was collected in August 2022 from the Landhi area, the environmental sample collection site located in Malir district. Soomro also mentioned that the environmental sample is suspected to have links with Afghanistan and has been sent to Atlanta, USA for further authentication.

Source: The Express Tribune June 09, 2023 06:22 UTC