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India reported 109 cases of COVID subvariant JN.1 till Tuesday
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A total of 109 JN.1 COVID variant cases have been reported in the country as of December 26, Health Ministry sources said on Wednesday.
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India reported 69 cases of COVID subvariant JN.1 till Monday
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A total of 69 cases of JN.1 subvariant of COVID have been reported in the country till December 25, Health Ministry sources said on Tuesday.
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Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar urges public not to panic amid rising ca
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Amid rising cases of the new COVID variant, JN.1, in Karnataka, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar urged the public to not panic while assuring that everything is fine so far.
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"It is not causing severe infections or hospitalisation": Former AIIMS dir
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Former AIIMS director and senior pulmonologist, Dr Randeep Guleria said that the new subvariant of COVID is not causing severe infections and hospitalisation.
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Covid subvariant JN.1: No need for additional dose of vaccine at present,
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Amid a surge in COVID cases in India and the detection of a subvariant JN.1, India SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) chief Dr NK Arora said that no additional dose of vaccine is required against the subvariant at the present stage.
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"No need to panic, need to remain alert": AIIMS on new COVID subvariant JN
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
After a surge in the cases of the new COVID subvariant JN.1, doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have advised people to not panic but rather remain alert and vigilant.
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Assam health department gears up to combat new COVID subvariant JN.1
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Assam Health Minister Keshab Mahanta told ANI that "we are fully prepared to fight against COVID. We have directed all hospitals to make preparedness and arrangements to fight against COVID."
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India reports 22 cases of Covid subvariant JN.1
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Sources also stated that there has been no clustering of cases reported so far and all the cases of the JN.1 subvariant have mild symptoms.
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Kerala LoP slams state govt over delay in taking measures against Covid-19
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly and Congress leader, VD Satheesan, took a jibe at the state government on Monday over its COVID outbreak management, saying, "Four deaths have been recorded, yet the Kerala government is waiting for the 'Nava Kerala Sadas' to en
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COVID-19 Update: No cause for panic over JN.1 subvariant, says INSACOG Chi
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
India's COVID-19 situation remains under control, with an active caseload of 1,828 as of Monday. However, one death was reported in Kerala, where the JN.1 subvariant of the coronavirus was recently detected. Dr NK Arora, the chief of INSACOG, a network of genomic laboratories that tracks
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Covid in Kerala: K'taka Health Minister rules out movement restriction on
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Amid rising cases of COVID in Kerala including the detection of one case of subvariant JN.1, Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao ruled out the need to restrict movement on the border at present adding that the government has ensured all precautionary measures.
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"No need to worry": Kerala Health Minister on Covid subvariant JN.1
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The specific case of JN.1 was identified in an RT-PCR positive sample from Karakulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, on December 8. The patient, who initially tested positive on November 18, experienced mild symptoms of ILI and has since recovered from COVID-19.
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