Assam fully prepared to fight JN.1 variant of COVID: State Health Minister

He said that the state government is on alert and constantly monitoring the situation

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Amid the scare of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 in India, Assam Health Minister Minister Keshab Mahanta today said that Assam is fully prepared to fight a new variant of the virus.

He said, ‘All precautionary measures have been taken in case new virus strains emerge. Hospitals, doctors, ICUs are ready in every hospital. We are fully prepared to fight against COVID”.

He said that no new cases of COVID-19 were detected in the state in recent times, but one patient who came to the state from abroad was detected as COVID-19-positive. He was given full support from the state government at no charge, and he is being monitored.

He said that amid the scare of COVID-19 sub variant JN.1 in India, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting with all the state and union territory health ministers to discuss ways to curb the infection.

India recorded 752 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the highest in seven months and more than double the number of infections reported yesterday. Four COVID-related deaths were also reported during the same period.

Yesterday, the country added 328 active cases and one death, which includes 265 cases from Kerala alone.

Total number of active cases in India stands at 3,420.

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