Within a span of nine days, the number of active Covid cases in India exhibited a more than twofold increase, rising from 938 on December 11 to 1,970 on December 19. The government lab forum, Insacog, detected 19 instances of JN.1, a subvariant of Omicron, with Maharashtra reporting one case and Goa 18, reported Times of India.Intrestingly, for the first time since the drive began on Jan 16, 2021, zero vaccinations have been administered in India on Dec 19, 2023.
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Explained: How New Covid Strains Symptoms Different From Original One
The UK variant or the Kent variant B.1.1.7 spreads more easily and quickly than other variants
Wednesday February 17, 2021 10:04 PM, IANS
New Delhi: Amid cases of new variants of mutated SARS-CoV-2 emerging in India, it has become important to understand how the symptoms of different new variants vary from the original one.
According to new studies, the UK variant or the Kent variant B.1.1.7 spreads more easily and quickly than other variants.
The UK-based New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG) recently reported that the Kent variant may be up to 70 per cent more deadly than previous strains.