Corona started scaring again... Center issued advisory after new variant JN.1 appeared

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Newsdesk:
Corona virus cases have started increasing once again in the country.  In view of this, the Central Government has issued an advisory to the state governments.  It has been said in the advisory that keeping in mind the upcoming festive season, it is necessary to take some precautionary measures for the safety of the people so that the risk of spread of this virus can be reduced as much as possible.
In this advisory, states have been instructed to keep an eye on district-wise data of diseases like influenza.  Also keep updating in this regard regularly.
 This advisory has been issued after the confirmation of the new subvariant JN.1 of Corona in Kerala.  Actually, it was confirmed in a 79-year-old woman from Kerala. The woman's RT-PCR test result came on 18 November.  In which there were mild symptoms of influenza like disease and she has recovered from Covid-19.  Earlier, JN.1 sub-variant was also detected in a person from Tamil Nadu who returned from Singapore.  The man was a resident of Tiruchirappalli district of Tamil Nadu and had traveled to Singapore on October 25.
 Giving information about this new variant, Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) Chief Dr NK Arora told news agency ANI, 'This is a sub-variant of BA.2.86.  We have some cases of JN.1.  He said, 'India is keeping a watch and that is why no hospitalization or serious illness has been reported so far.'

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