Amid a recent uptick in Covid-19 cases in the country ahead of the festive season, doctors in Delhi have advised people to wear masks, avoid gatherings, and maintain a healthy diet.
With Christmas and the New Year approaching, doctors at some hospitals in the city also referred to the detection of the first case of the new JN.1 variant of the coronavirus in the country and asked people to exercise extra caution.
According to sources in the government, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will review on December 20 the preparedness of health facilities and services in the wake of an upsurge in respiratory illness cases, including those of Covid, in some states.
India’s first JN.1 case was detected in a sample taken from a 79-year-old woman in Kerala with mild symptoms on December 8. Earlier, a traveller from Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchirapalli district was found to be infected with the JN.1 variant in Singapore.
