<b>JN.1 Cases on Rise: The JN.1 variety of Covid, which is a subvariant of BA.2.86, was first discovered in Kerala, India, highlighting the need to be vigilant.</b> - JN.1 Cases on Rise: How to Protect Yourself Amid Surge in New Covid-19 Virus Variant Cases in India?
India is experiencing a gradual increase in Coronavirus subvariant JN.1, with 162 confirmed cases so far, despite 798 new cases reported. The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (Insacog) held a meeting to review the situation amid the spike in Covid-19 cases and decided to hold another meeting next week to understand the proportion of JN.1 and other sub-variants.
As the national capital reported its first case of Covid-19 sub-variant JN.1, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi issued guidelines on Wednesday for handling suspected or positive Covid patients arriving at hospitals