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Maharashtra sees fresh 50 COVID-19 cases; nine patients of JN.1 variant
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Amid the JN.1 scare, Maharashtra on Sunday reported 50 new COVID-19 cases, of which nine cases of the JN.1 variant were reported, marking a total of 10 new variants in the state.
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Rajasthan reports 11 fresh COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Rajasthan has reported 11 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. The state has witnessed seven cases in Jaipur and one each in the Alwar, Kota, Dausa and Sawai Madhopur districts, according to an official statement issued by the state health department.
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Surge in COVID cases prompts increased testing; samples sent for genome se
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
As COVID cases show an upward trend in multiple states, reaching 3742 active patients on Sunday, concerns mount with the highest reported cases in Kerala, where a new variant, JN.1, has emerged.
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WHO asks countries to scale up surveillance, protective measures amid surg
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The World Health Organization has urged the countries in the Southeast Asia Region to strengthen surveillance and asked people to take protective measures in view of rising cases of respiratory diseases including influenza and Covid sub-variant JN.1.
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Devotees offer special prayer at Catholic church in Ujjain to save people
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Amid rising cases of Corona in the country, a special prayer was offered to Lord Jesus in the Catholic Church on Dewas Road, Ujjain to save people from the new variant.
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"Consulting higher authorities to clarify kind of variant": Warangal Hospi
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
A 62-year-old woman was isolated at Mahama Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Telangana after incidentally developing COVID-19 symptoms, JN.1 variant to be confirmed after genome sequencing, said Superintendent, MGM Hospital V Chandrashekar on Saturday.
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"It is not causing severe infections or hospitalisation": Former AIIMS dir
Updated : 2 years, 3 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, 3 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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Odisha Health Department issues guidelines amid surge of COVID-19 cases
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
"With the emergence of the JN1 COVID variant, the Odisha government has advised the elderly and those with co-morbidities to wear facemasks while going out and avoid visiting crowded places," the Odisha Health & Family Welfare Department said in a post on 'X'.
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"No need to panic, need to remain alert": AIIMS on new COVID subvariant JN
Updated : 2 years, 3 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, 3 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 multifold jump in Covid cases; Kerala, Karnataka major contr
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
A multifold spurt in fresh Covid cases was noted in India over the past 24 hours, with Kerala contributing the major chunk of those.
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