Amid the rising menace of rising cases of the coronavirus, a complete of 69 cases of JN.1 subvariant have been reported within the nation until Monday, December 25. According to the Health Ministry information, as many as 34 cases have been reported from Karnataka, 14 from Goa, 9 from Maharashtra, six from Kerala, 4 Tamil Nadu and two from Telangana.Â
The whole quantity of energetic cases within the nation was recorded at 4,170. Karnataka reported 436 cases, Kerala 3096, Maharashtra 168, Gujarat 56, and Tamil Nadu 139 cases, in accordance with Union Health Ministry information.Â
What did former AIIMS director say?Â
Meanwhile, amid rising considerations over the emergence of the new variant of the coronavirus, Dr Randeep Guleria, former director of AIIMS Delhi mentioned the cases will see an increase throughout the winter season. “This is the season when you will see viral infection and respiratory infection becoming more. Every year we see them whether it’s influenza, COVID, RSV or other viral infections. And that happens because of the temperature and crowding,” he mentioned.Â
“As it’s a holiday season, people travel so they will carry the virus with them. There are crowds and many of the crowds stay indoors because of the cold weather, which leads to the spread of infection which is different in different people. So I would say what we need to do is first of all COVID appropriate behaviour like wash your hands regularly if you have a cough, and cold so that you don’t spread the infection to others,” Guleria added.
WHO phrases JN.1 pressure ‘variant of curiosity’
The (*69*) Health Organisation has categorised COVID-19 pressure JN.1 as a separate “variant of interest” given its quickly rising unfold. The well being company additionally mentioned that it poses a “low” international public well being danger. The JN.1 variant was beforehand categorised as a variant of curiosity (VOI) as half of the BA.2.86 sublineages, the mother or father lineage that’s categorised as a VOI, the world physique mentioned. The WHO additionally anticipated that this variant could trigger a rise in SARS-CoV-2 cases amid a surge of infections of different viral and bacterial infections, particularly in nations coming into the winter season.
(With inputs from ANI)
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