21 cases of the JN one, a new covid variant has been reported in the country. So the focus now remains on this JN one covid variant. There has been a steep rise in active cases from 100 and 15 cases on the sixth of December to 614 on the 20th of December. So over the past two weeks, 16 deaths have also been reported related to COVID-19. For the latest update, my colleague Nico Deora joins us live Nur, we're hearing that the covid JN one variant is of interest because it's transmissible. What's the update that you have for us this morning? Are we witnessing a surge across the country? Yeah, absolutely. Permission That's what the WHWHO. Has also stated that this particular variant is of the interest and absolutely they have rightly mentioned because the, uh the the the virus in the in the past, which was detected in from first from, uh, in the USA. Uh, the WHS observed that the spread this virus spreads uh, quite, uh, quite frequent early and rapidly. Uh, that is why this this particular virus is of the interest, as WHO has mentioned. But at the same time, we are also given to understand that in the last 24 hours in India, if we talk about, there were 358 new covid cases that have been reported in the country and six deaths have been reported. So this makes a total of at least as you were rightly mentioning 16 deaths in two weeks, which was yesterday. After the meeting which was convened, Dr VK Paul had stated that 16 deaths have been reported in the country. But he has also mentioned that all the deaths are reported from the patients who were already dealing with serious comorbidities and serious illness. And this makes the numbers 22 if we count the six deaths that have been reported. While the concern is for the Kerala state as well because the majority of the cases today. In the 24 hours which were reported from the state of Kerala, 300 cases were reported from Kerala yesterday. In the meeting, which was convened by the Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Man was also being joined by the Kerala Health Minister Vina George. She was also there in the meeting. She had stated that the surveillance is being continuously going on in the country and the people, the pregnant women and senior citizens of the state have been told to follow the covid appropriate behaviour and to put on masks to prevent this particular disease. Now, at the same time, if we talk about JN one virus, this is a virus which is a variant of the lineage of Corolla virus, which was first detected in a 79 year old woman in Kerala. 21 cases so far has been reported in the country of this particular variant. What we are also given to understand that the states which are reporting these new cases of covid they have sent these cases to for the genome sequences for to determine what variant is at the moment has been active in the country. But yes, of course, the cause of concern for the the cause of concern for the authorities and the entire country is the JJ N one virus, which is being seen as an uptake in the country and the covid new covid cases in the country. Permission
