December 20, 2023 Imphal By Banti Phurailatpam:
Despite the fact that the nation has recorded the greatest number of new cases since May 21, the Union Health Minister has instructed states to keep an eye on new strains.
India has seen a surge in Covid-19 instances in the last 24 hours, with 614 new cases reported. As a result, the Union Health Minister has instructed states to keep an eye out for new strains of the virus. Since May 21, this is the most new cases that have been found. In Goa, Kerala, and Maharashtra, 21 occurrences of the JN.1 sub-variant have been found thus far As of Tuesday
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Maharashtra had confirmed one case of the JN.1 sub-variant and reported 14 new cases of Covid-19.
Based on data updated at 8 a.m. on Wednesday by the Union Health Ministry, there are currently 2,311 active cases in India. Three more deaths from Kerala have been recorded, bringing the total number of deaths to 5.33 lakh and the number of Covid cases to 4.50 crore.
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With 292 new cases in the last 24 hours, Kerala has seen the most increase in the total number of active cases. According to ministry data, Tamil Nadu has the highest number of new cases with 13, followed by Maharashtra with 11, Karnataka with 9, Telangana and Puducherry with 4, Delhi and Gujarat with 3, and Goa and Punjab with 1.
There were 20 instances of JN.1.
In the meantime, data from the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) revealed that 20 cases of the Covid-19 sub-variant JN.1 had been discovered nationwide. Out of them, Goa has yielded 18 leads, while Kerala and Maharashtra have produced one apiece.
Due to its distribution, JN.1, which the World Health Organization had previously designated as a variation of interest (VOI) as part of the BA.2.86 sublineages, was categorized as a distinct “variant of interest” on Tuesday. On the global public health risk scale, it is still rated as “low,” the WHO assured.
Health Minister assesses medical institutions’ readiness
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आज देश के सभी राज्यों एवं UTs के स्वास्थ्य मंत्रियों व वरिष्ठ अधिकारियों के साथ respiratory illnesses (कोविड-19 समेत) और public health संबंधित तैयारियों को लेकर समीक्षा बैठक की। बैठक में सभी राज्यों ने स्वास्थ्य सुविधाओं के बेहतर क्रियान्वयन हेतु सकारात्मक दृष्टिकोण रखा।
During today’s high-level review meeting with the states, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya placed a strong emphasis on looking over newly discovered viral strains. The minister reassured the public after the meeting that there was no reason to panic.
“Health ministers and top officials from every state and territory in the nation convened today to evaluate public health and respiratory disease preparedness, including COVID-19. He claimed on X (previously known as Twitter) that “all the states expressed a positive outlook for better implementation of health facilities” during the conference.
