New wave of Corona and new variants are wreaking havoc in China, lines in hospitals and crematoriums… How much danger is there in India?
The new sub-variant JN.1 of Covid has been spreading across the world since last month. The new variant has become the dominant strain of Covid in many countries including Britain and China and its increasing cases in India have raised concerns. India’s concern about JN.1 is also increasing because it has started wreaking havoc in neighboring China.
The British newspaper Daily Star has said in one of its reports that a large number of people are dying in China due to the spread of this variant of Covid. Reportedly, the number of deaths is so high that the crematoriums there have to work 24 hours.
The World Health Organization has placed this new variant of Covid in the category of ‘Variant of Interest’ and said, ‘In recent days, we have seen that cases of JN.1 have been reported in many countries. It is spreading rapidly throughout the world. This variant is made from Omicron’s sub-variant BA.2.86. It is growing so fast that we classify it as a new variant.
