22 Cases Of Covid’s JN.1 Variant Detected In India Till Yesterday

India: Twenty-two cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been detected in the country till Thursday, with 21 cases being reported from Goa and another from Kerala, official sources said.

In Goa, the sources told Press Trust of India, no clustering of cases of the JN.1 variant has been seen and all infected people have recovered without complications.

Those infected had mild upper respiratory tract infection with symptoms of mild dry cough, sore throat with or without fever, sources told Press Trust of India.

In November, 62 samples were sent to different INSACOG labs for whole genome sequencing for detection of the JN.1 variant, while in December, so far, 253 samples have been sent, the sources told Press Trust of India.