JN.1 Variant Covid case in Telangana, 62-year-old woman isolated after developing symptoms
The number of Covid cases has risen rapidly in the country in recent days. A 62-year-old woman is now isolated in Warangal, Telangana after developing JN.1 Variant symptoms. However, the variant has yet to be confirmed after genome sequencing.
New Delhi: The ‘Covid era’ has been quite a painful and difficult experience for most people around the world and once again the fear of returning to those dreaded times has entered the minds of people after the rapid spread of the pandemic. JN.1 Covid19 variant. From Uttar Pradesh to Goa and Kerala, several states of the country have reported rapidly rising Covid cases and now Telangana may also have joined this list of states. A 62-year-old woman was isolated at Mahama Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Telangana after she incidentally developed COVID-19 symptoms, a JN.1 variant that needs to be confirmed after genome sequencing, MGM Hospital Superintendent V Chandrashekar said on Saturday. He further said that the hospital has preserved the sample and is consulting higher authorities to clarify the type of variant.
62 year old woman Covid positive in Telangana?
As mentioned earlier, a 62-year-old woman has been isolated after she started showing Covid symptoms and genome sequencing will confirm whether the woman is infected with the JN.1 Variant or not. V Chandrashekar, Superintendent, MGM Hospital has said, “The news doing the rounds is that cases of the new variant JN.1 of Covid-19 have been admitted in MGM Hospital, Warangal, so I want to clarify certain things because a 62-year-old woman was admitted to MGM Hospital. By the way, a private laboratory declared her COVID-19 positive, we isolated that patient and that is the first suspected case that came into MGM Hospital.
He further said, “We did a CT scan so coincidentally she has developed a COVID-19 positive and we are not sure that this COVID-19 positive is of the current variant JN.1 because this has to are confirmed by genome sequencing. . Some samples from Hyderabad are being tested through genome sequencing and results are yet to come. There are standard protocols for handling COVID-19 cases.”
AIIMS is advising people after the emergence of Covid cases
Following a surge in cases of the new COVID subvariant JN.1, doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have advised people not to panic but remain alert and vigilant. “People are getting infected with the new sub-variant of COVID-JN.1 in many states of the country. The patients’ symptoms are mild. Therefore, there is no need to panic, but remain alert,” said doctor Neeraj Nischal. India witnessed a multi-fold increase in the number of new COVID cases in the last 24 hours, with Kerala accounting for the majority of it. The total number of active cases of Covid-19 in the country was recorded at 3,420.
JN.1 Covid variant symptoms
According to Dr. Ujjwal Prakash, Senior Consultant in Chest Medicine, Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi, JN.1 Subvariant is a mild variant and causes upper respiratory tract symptoms. Reported symptoms include runny nose, sore throat, fever, sore throat, headache and sometimes gastrointestinal complaints. These symptoms are said to improve within four to five days. Dr. Prakash further said, “The first way forward is to test this new variant of COVID, if possible, and then we have to see if they have COVID or any other viral infection. Symptoms are almost very common with other viral infections. They can be slightly more serious. Some patients may have some symptoms more severe than others, but the infection is more or less the same as any other viral infection.”
(Inputs from ANI)