The first instance of the Covid-19 subvariant JN.1, according to Delhi, was reported to ANI on Wednesday by Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj.
“Out of the 3 samples sent for Genome Sequencing, one is JN.1 & two are Omicron,” Bharadwaj mentioned in conversation with news agency ANI.
“JN.1 is a sub-variant of Omicron and is a mild infection. This is the one spreading in south India. There is no need to panic. It causes mild sickness,” the minister continued.
According to a Delhi government official who spoke with PTI, the patient’s co-morbidities did not play a major role in the 28-year-old’s death.
“The man was not from Delhi and was referred to a private hospital recently. He had multiple co-morbidities and the Covid finding was incidental. The sample of the man has been sent for genome sequencing and a report is awaited,” the official mentioned.
India recorded 40 new instances of the JN.1 sub type as of December 26, bringing the total to 109, according to sources in the health ministry that PTI was informed of. The JN.1 (BA.2.86.1.1), which first appeared in Luxembourg in August 2023, is thought to be a descendent of the SARS COV2 BA.2.86 lineage (Pirola).
They have requested that all medical facilities routinely track and report district-level instances of severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) and influenza-like illness (ILI) in order to identify any emerging trends in cases as soon as possible.
