While a comparative data analysis of the first and second waves of novel coronavirus shows that the first wave was more lethal in Pakistan, health experts believe the ongoing wave may prove deadlier as the virus has mutated itself.
However, the government claims that both waves affected the masses in the same way, with the only difference being that the weather has turned cold.
An official of the Ministry of National Health Services, requesting anonymity, said there was no evidence to prove that the second wave of Covid-19 in the country was severer than the first one, “but if the trends continue, it is likely to be so.”
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