According to official sources on Friday, India has reported 145 cases of Covid-19 subvariant JN.1 till December 28.
The highest number of JN.1 variant cases have been reported from Kerala. The state reported 41 cases of the JN.1 subvariant, the majority of which were home isolated, official sources said.
Ahead of the New Year, both the central and state governments are keeping a close watch on the new Omicron Subvariant JN.1.
As per the latest updates, India reported 797 new Covid-19 cases and the active cases tally stand at 4,000 in the last 24 hours.
JN.1 is a Variant of Interest (VOI) which is under intense scientific scrutiny. As of December 16, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported 7,344 cases of Covid-19 JN.1 subvariant from 41 countries.
In the meantime, the sudden increase in coronavirus cases across the nation prompted the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi to release guidelines on Wednesday regarding Covid-19 suspected or positive cases that should be reported at hospitals. All of the hospital’s department heads met with the director of AIIMS Delhi on Wednesday to discuss COVID-19 backup plans. During the meeting, topics including hospitalization for positive patients, area designation for COVID-19 testing policy, and testing procedures were covered.
As per the policy on COVID-19 testing, directed by the management, testing will be done for patients with SARI (severe acute respiratory infection) like symptoms that include according to the WHO, acute respiratory infection, persistent fever or fever of >= 38 C° with cough and onset within last 10 days.