Two more cases of the UK Covid-19 variant were detected, raising the total number of patients carrying the potentially more contagious form of coronavirus to five in Sindh, health department sources told Dawn, citing preliminary laboratory results.

“Both men in their 20s are UK returnees and residents of Karachi. They are stable with no symptoms of the disease and under home isolation,” an official of the health department said.

So far, five UK returnees, including three women, had been detected with the new Covid-19 variant out of the 12 testing positive for coronavirus, he added.

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