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Amid an upsurge in the Covid-19 cases and the detection of the first JN.1 variant in India, the Central government has urged the states urged to maintain a state of constant vigil and report all influenza-like and severe acute respiratory illnesses..
In a press release, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said the Union Health Secretary has sent a letter to States/UTs, highlighting the need for maintaining a state of constant vigil over the Covid-19 situation in the country..
"Considering the upcoming festive season, States were advised to put in place requisite public health measures and other arrangements to minimize risk of increase in transmission of the disease by adherence to maintenance of respiratory hygiene," it said..
The states have also been asked to monitor report all influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) cases in all health facilities for an early detection of all the cases..
"States were encouraged to increase number of RT-PCR tests and send positive samples for genome sequencing to Indian SARS COV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) laboratories so as to enable timely detection of new variants, if any, in the country," it said.. JN.1 VARIANT CASE REPORTED IN INDIA..
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