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"While the JN.1 variant seems more transmissible, there's no current evidence suggesting it causes more severe illness," Dr Devashish Desai, Consultant, Infectious Diseases, Ruby Hall Clinic, told IndiaToday.In...
A recent study in Lancet, published on December 15, found that one mutation alone gives JN.1 the ability to evade immune response faster than its parent BA.2.86.. . JN.1 could be more infectious and better at getting past the body's immunity defence..
"With just one additional receptor binding domain mutation (L455S) compared to its predecessor BA.2.86, the JN.1 variant rapidly became predominant in France (figure A; appendix 1 p 12), surpassing both BA.2.86 and the so-called FLip (L455F+F456L) strains," the authors wrote...
An important step in the prevention would be to vaccinate the high-risk group comprising the elderly, people with malignancies, people on immunosuppressive medications, uncontrolled diabetes and patients with chronic liver and kidney disease," Dr Kiran G Kulirankal, Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Amrita Hospital, told IndiaToday.In...
On December 20, the Union Health Ministry held a review meeting, held by Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, about the sudden increase in Covid-19 cases and deaths in several parts of the country..
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