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• EU drug watchdog urges Covid-19 vaccine update

  The Amsterdam-based watchdog's emergency task force said it has "recommended updating Covid-19 vaccines to target the new variant JN.1 for the 2024-2025 vaccination campaign" the EMA said.

  

• India records 203 fresh Covid cases, two deaths in 24 hours

  A single-day rise of 841 fresh infections -- 0.2 per cent of the peak cases reported in May 2021 -- were recorded on December 31, official sources have said.

  

• Twin-demic of COVID-19 and Air Pollution: How both create respiratory distress in the human body

  Air pollution is undoubtedly the most problematic public health emergency and it is made worse by the fact that everyone is exposed - because everyone needs to breathe! The major factors contributing to the increasing PM2.5 or black carbon nanoparticles, that are directly related to morbidity and mortality, include unpaved roads, ill-regulated industry, an ever-increasing number of road vehicles, biomass, and waste burning.

  

• JN.1 variant COVID cases cross 100 mark; highest from Gujarat: Symptoms to note, preventive measures to know

  Even though the number of cases is rising and the JN.1 sub-variant has been detected in the country, there is no cause of immediate concern as 92 per cent of those infected are opting for home-based treatment, indicating a mild illness, officials have told the media.

  

• 2 late-December samples from Bengal test JN.1+, first from state

  The two Bengal JN.1 cases are among the total 595 JN.1-caused Covid cases currently detected in the country. Maharashtra leads in JN.1 numbers with 170 cases, followed by Kerala with 154. Odisha, with three JN.1 cases, is the only other eastern state, apart from Bengal, to have detected this variant so far.

  

• Covid variant JN.1 spreading, but no rise in hospitalisations seen yet

  India is experiencing a gradual increase in Coronavirus subvariant JN.1, with 162 confirmed cases so far, despite 798 new cases reported. The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (Insacog) held a meeting to review the situation amid the spike in Covid-19 cases and decided to hold another meeting next week to understand the proportion of JN.1 and other sub-variants.

  

• COVID update: 157 cases of JN.1 variant in India; Delhi's lone case recovers

  It has been three weeks since the first case related to COVID JN.1 variant in India was detected and until now a total of 157 cases have been detected. Of the total number of JN.1 variant cases 141 COVID cases were recorded in December, while 16 such cases were detected in November.

  

• Genome sequencing ordered for all COVID cases for detection of JN.1, says Delhi Health Minister

  Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Thursday said he has reiterated directions for carrying out genome sequencing of positive cases so that cases of JN.1 variant can be confirmed. Talking to PTI Video, he said the government has ramped up Covid testing, with 636 tests conducted on Wednesday.

  

• JN.1 not expected to spread as existing COVID-19 vaccines will work: Ex-ICMR DG

  “As far as Covid-19 is concerned we are done with most of it except some cases in Kerala and parts of Karnataka. We do not expect this JN.1 to spread in a big way in the country. It is not going to be a serious problem as we see it and what experts believe about JN.1…These vaccines will work so long as you have taken the precautionary dose,” he said.

  

• COVID-19 vaccine will work against JN.1: Balram Bhargava

  He said the government is also looking at whether newer COVID-19 vaccines manufactured by companies like Serum Institute of India (SII) using nano particle technology, that are being exported to the US and have been found to be effective against JN.1, can be rolled out in the Indian population.

  

• Haryana ramps up testing amid rise in JN.1 cases, Gurgaon's count 14 so far

  Amid a rise in cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 in the country, Haryana has increased daily testing to 500 now from 100 in the first week of December. So far this month, the state has reported 14 cases, all in Gurgaon. The health department has not yet figured out if JN.1 caused them.