The Union Ministry of Health has initiated preparedness measures after a case of the JN.1 subvariant of COVID has been identified in Kerala as part of the ongoing routine surveillance conducted by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), said a government release on Saturday.
A new sub-variant of COVID-19, named JN.1, has been identified in a woman in Kerala, raising concerns and emphasizing the need for continued alertness.
The India SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), which is a multi-laboratory, multi-agency, pan-India network tasked with sequencing and keeping an eye on new threatening Covid-19 variants, has done surveillance where this variant has been found in Kerala.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 6 (ANI): As many as 12 people tested positive for the new subvariants of COVID BA.4 and BA.5 in Tamil Nadu, as per state Health Minister M Subramanian.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], May 28 (ANI): Maharashtra reported the first cases of the subvariants of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, said an official on Saturday.