All old cases, patients almost cured: Goa debunks JN.1 Covid scare

PANAJI: In an attempt to stem the negative press the Goa government in a timely initiative, Thursday said that the state has reported total 19 cases of JN.1 sub variant of COVID-19, but all the cases are old and inactive and the patients are mostly cured and out of danger.

State epidemiologist Dr Prashant Suryavanshi told news agency PTI that all the cases of JN.1 sub variant traced in Goa are now “not active” as they are old cases and have crossed the window period.

He said that during genome sequencing this varient was found in the samples collected from the suspected patients. “All those with this variant were having mild symptoms. They have recovered by now. These samples were collected over time,” Suryavanshi said via a press statement.

As of Thursday, the state has 16 active cases of COVID-19 with four new cases detected in tests during the day. A total of 193 samples were tested for the virus on Thursday, as per the bulletin issued by Directorate of Health Services.