A complete of 1,226 circumstances of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been reported within the nation to this point with Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh recording the best variety of circumstances until now, in keeping with INSACOG on Thursday.
Knowledge compiled by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) confirmed that 17 states and UTs have detected the presence of the variant.
Karnataka has detected 234 circumstances of JN.1 sub-variant adopted by Andhra Pradesh (189), Maharashtra (170), Kerala (156), West Bengal (96), Goa (90), Tamil Nadu (88) and Gujarat (76).
Rajasthan recorded 37 JN.1 circumstances, Telangana 32, Chhattisgarh 25, Delhi 16, Uttar Pradesh 7, Haryana 5, Odisha three, and Uttarakhand and Nagaland one every, in keeping with the info accessed by PTI.
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The Centre has requested the states and Union Territories to keep up a relentless vigil amid an uptick within the variety of Covid circumstances and the detection of the JN.1 sub-variant within the nation.
The states have been urged to make sure efficient compliance with the detailed operational tips for the revised surveillance technique for COVID-19 shared with them by the Union Ministry of Well being and Household Welfare.
The states have additionally been requested to usually monitor and report district-wise circumstances of influenza-like sickness (ILI) and extreme acute respiratory sickness (SARI) from all well being amenities for early detection of a rising pattern of Covid circumstances.
The World Well being Organisation has categorized JN.1 as a separate “variant of curiosity” (VOI) given its quickly growing unfold however stated it poses a “low” international public well being threat.
The JN.1 sub-variant of the coronavirus was beforehand categorized as a VOI as a part of the BA.2.86 sub-lineages, the guardian lineage that’s categorized as a VOI, the world physique stated.
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