Covid variant JN.1: Maharashtra govt orders health dept to ensure availability of oxygen cylinders, ventilators
Covid sub-variant JN.1, the Maharashtra government has ordered health officials to ensure the availability of ventilators, oxygen cylinders and other necessary equipment at government hospitals. In a meeting at Latur on Saturday, Maharashtra minister Sanjay Bansode said that the health department must take precautionary measures and ensure the availability of necessary equipment and medicines at all government-run facilities. Also Read: Covid-19 JN.1 Variant News Live Updates “The administration should ensure that necessary equipment and medicines are available at tehsil health centres.
The condition of oxygen plants should also be checked," Bansode said. The construction of primary health centres and other health institutions in the district should be completed soon, and necessary steps must be taken to make them functional, he added. At Vilasrao Deshmukh Government Medical College, fifty beds have been reserved for Covid cases, and a mock drill was also conducted to inspect ventilators and oxygen facilities.
The JN.1 Covid variant (BA.2.86.1.1) emerged in August in Luxembourg and is a descendant of the BA.2.86 lineage (Pirola) of SARS COV2. According to the Union health ministry’s updated data on Sunday, a total of 656 new Covid-19 cases were reported in last 24 hours, while the active cases have increased to 3,742. Earlier on Saturday, a multifold spurt in fresh Covid cases was noted in India, with Kerala contributing the majority of those.
A total of 423 cases were reported, of which 266 were from Kerala and 70 from neighbouring Karnataka, Union health ministry data showed. Two deaths were also reported in Kerala. According to a report by ANI citing India SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) chief Dr NK Arora, no
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