The new sub-variant of Covid-19, JN.1 is spreading all over the World; Government Issues High ALERT !
Expansion of JN.1 across India
On December 8, again Covid-19 cases arose in Karakulam, Thiruvananthapuram district in Kerala but with a new sub-variant JN.1. According to the reports a 79-year-old woman was affected by this new virus, it is the first case from India.
Everyday the JN.1 cases are expanding in India and increasing highly such as 328 cases in 24 hours, where 265 cases reported from Kerala. Besides Kerala, several states Delhi, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Karnataka are moving forward to increase the number of Covid cases. However 16 states and union territories of India including West Bengal, Odisha, Himachal Pradesh still didn’t report any cases.
On Thursday 21 December records 640 fresh Covid-19 cases and the total number of recorded cases in India is 2997 and in the past two weeks the covid related deaths stood at 16. The death stats climbed to 5,33,328, though the recovery rate is still 98.81 percent according to the health Minister. The United States and China have already reported many cases of JN.1.
High ALERT ! by Government
After watching this increasing number of Covid in the entire world, WHO ( World Health Organization) warned to remain vigilant against the new sub-variant of Covid – JN.1.
The Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya warned and alerted all the states to stock Oxygen cylinders, increase medicines stock, ventilators and vaccines with more surveillance. The Union Health Minister said, “ No increase in hospitalisation rates has been witnessed due to COVID-19. The cases that are hospitalised are due to other medical conditions — COVID-19 is an incidental finding,”
As per the “norms” of Ministry Health of the Union Government, mock drills will be arranged in every hospitalsAlso the health authorities across the world warned to wear masks, use sanitizer, maintain social distancing again like 2020 covid-year. Government reports Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is working on genome sequencing of the new Covid-19 JN.1 of SARS-CoV-2, according to a report by The Economic Times.
During the festival season is nearer, health authorities are trying to overcome every infected person from JN.1. Many Indian workers came back to their home from abroad during this long holiday in this festive season, for that government will take some serious steps about this.
JN.1: Analysing this Sub-variant
JN.1 is the new strain of Covid-19, recently circulating in all over the world including India. It is also a descendant of Pirola or BA.2.86, which is a sub-variant of Omicron. This virus caused sore throats, fever, runny nose, headache and gastrointestinal problems.
JN.1 feels like an influenza-like disease which carries a mutation in the spike protein and this protein helps the virus to spread in the body system and become infected. Government also says in India 92.8% of people isolated in their homes thought it was a mild illness. Though it is recoverable and doesn’t spread that much harm, the government is still told to take precautions so that we can fight against JN.1.
