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Maharashtra detects first case of JN.1 variant in Sindhudurg
Updated On: 21 December, 2023 07:06 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
State ramps up testing of patients with influenza-like illness and severe acute respiratory infections; meanwhile, Union health ministry takes stock of COVID infra at meeting with all states, advises regular drills for preparedness
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COVID screening in the city at the height of the pandemic. State health officials say current oxygen facilities are double of what they were when COVID-19 cases were highest in Maharashtra. File pic
Maharashtra has detected its first case of sub-type of COVID-19 omicron variant JN.1 in a 41-year-old patient hailing from Sindhudurg. The state has ramped up surveillance in all the districts with testing of patients with influenza-like illness and severe acute respiratory infections (SARI).
It is noteworthy that there is no evidence so far to suggest that a person infected with the JN.1 variant shows different symptoms than its predecessors, and neither is there any data to suggest that it is more severe.
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