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Covid 19 - Latest News: Karnataka govt forms committee to tackle situation

Staff Reporter DevNews

Updated: Dec 23, 2023

Covid news updates: India is experiencing a resurgence of COVID-19 cases. In addition, the country is also witnessing a new sub-variant JN.1, raising concerns about its potential threat. JN.1 is derived from BA 2.86, a ‘pirola’ variant that is an Omicron subvariant in and of itself.



Covid news : Kerala reported 265 fresh COVID-19 infections and one death due to the disease in the last 24 hours.


Covid news updates:

Covid 19 cases in India have started increasing once again. Along with this, the threat of JN.1 sub-variant is also being seen with its first case reported in Kerala. JN.1 is a descendant of the "pirola" variant BA 2.86, which by itself is an Omicron subvariant. JN.1 has an additional mutation receptor binding domain (L455S) compared to BA 2.86. JN.1 has extensive resistance across receptor binding domain classes 1, 2, and 3 and shows higher immune evasion as compared with BA 2.86 and other resistant strains.


The Karnataka government has constituted a cabinet sub-committee to tackle the COVID-19 situation in the state and monitor it. The committee includes Health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao, cabinet ministers Sharan Prakash Patil, Dr HC Mahadevappa and Dr MC Sudhakar.


The World Health Organization has classified JN.1 as a variant of interest. IMA COVID Task Force Dr Rajeev Jayadevan on Thursday said that the new strain can be problematic for people of old age and those with multiple comorbidities.

Speaking of Covid cases in India, India on Thursday recorded 594 fresh COVID-19 infections while the number of active cases increased to 2,669 from 2,311 the previous day. The death toll climbed to 5,33,327 with six more people - three from Kerala, two from Karnataka and one from Punjab -- succumbing to the viral disease.


Disclaimer: This story has been edited by DNW staff as per DNW editorial guidelines and is published from a syndicated feed.

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