Talking about the new JN.1 COVID strain, former AIIMS Director and Senior Pulmonologist Dr. Randeep Guleria on December 23, asserted that the new variant was more transmissible and was gradually becoming the dominant variant. At the same time, he added, that it wasn’t severe infection and hospitalization. " It is more transmissible, it is spreading more rapidly, it is gradually becoming a dominant variant....it is causing more infections but the data also suggests that it is not causing severe infections and hospitalization. Most of the symptoms are predominantly of the upper airways like fever, cough, cold, sore throat, running nose, and body aches," said Randeep Guleria. Speaking to ANI, chairman of INSAGCOG, Dr NK Arora said, " Within India...from October last week and then till now in last 8 weeks, we have seen 22 cases...there is no evidence that it is spreading very rapidly...Jn.1 is less than 1% of all the isolates so far. Symptoms are very similar, based on symptoms, Jn.1 cannot be differentiated from other variants...there is no increase in hospitalization...there is no need to panic but we need to be vigilant."
24 December,2023 12:42 PM IST
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15 October,2022 03:30 PM IST | Mumbai
After reports about #Mumbai becoming India’s first case of the highly transmissible ‘XE’ #Covid19 variant came around, Maharashtra Health Minister #RajeshTope on Thursday sought to allay fears and said the state department had not yet received a confirmatory report from the Centre or the National Institute of Biologicals (NIB) about the presence of the new variant. #BMC had earlier said on Wednesday, that the country’s first #Coronavirus XE variant has been found in #Mumbai.
07 April,2022 08:14 PM IST | Mumbai
Two years ago the first case of novel coronavirus was detected in Mumbai on March 11, 2020. The city has had a long journey of recovery throughout the three waves of the pandemic. Watch the journey of Mumbai fighting three waves of devastating Covid-19.
12 March,2022 07:02 PM IST | Mumbai
Maharashtra has now confirmed two more cases of Omicron variant in the state, after which the state's tally has reached to 10. With fresh cases of the Covid-19 variant in Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Delhi, the country's tally of Omicron infected cases has reached to 23.
07 December,2021 05:54 PM IST
Four confirmed cases of Covid-19 variant Omicron have been reported in India so far. From the confirmed four, two are from Karnataka and one each from Maharashtra and Gujarat. As per the reports so far, all the patients had mild symptoms for now.
05 December,2021 04:58 PM IST | Mumbai
Two children in Jharkhand have been detected with hydrocephalus, a rare disorder which leads to abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the brain. Also referred to as 'swelling of head', hydrocephalus is genetic.
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