<p>New Delhi: A case of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 was detected in Kerala on December 8, official sources said on Saturday.</p>.<p> The sample from a 79-year-old woman had returned a positive result in an RT-PCR test on November 18, they said, adding that she had mild symptoms of influenza-like illness (ILI) and had recovered from COVID-19.</p>.<p> More than 90 per cent of the COVID-19 cases in India at present are mild and they are in home isolation, the sources said.</p>.Novel AI model accurately predicts cancer outcomes from tissue samples.<p> Earlier, an Indian traveller was also detected with JN.1 sub-variant in Singapore. The person was a native of Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchirapalli district and had travelled to Singapore on October 25.</p>.<p> No increase in cases were observed in Tiruchirapalli district or other places in Tamil Nadu following the strain being detected in them.</p>.<p> “No other case of JN.1 variant has been detected in India," the source said.</p>.<p>The JN.1 sub-variant -- first identified in Luxembourg and since spreading to several countries -- is a descendant of the Pirola variant (BA.2.86).</p>.<p> It contains a significant number of unique mutations, particularly in the spike protein, that may contribute to increased infectivity and immune evasion, a source explained. </p>
<p>New Delhi: A case of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 was detected in Kerala on December 8, official sources said on Saturday.</p>.<p> The sample from a 79-year-old woman had returned a positive result in an RT-PCR test on November 18, they said, adding that she had mild symptoms of influenza-like illness (ILI) and had recovered from COVID-19.</p>.<p> More than 90 per cent of the COVID-19 cases in India at present are mild and they are in home isolation, the sources said.</p>.Novel AI model accurately predicts cancer outcomes from tissue samples.<p> Earlier, an Indian traveller was also detected with JN.1 sub-variant in Singapore. The person was a native of Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchirapalli district and had travelled to Singapore on October 25.</p>.<p> No increase in cases were observed in Tiruchirapalli district or other places in Tamil Nadu following the strain being detected in them.</p>.<p> “No other case of JN.1 variant has been detected in India," the source said.</p>.<p>The JN.1 sub-variant -- first identified in Luxembourg and since spreading to several countries -- is a descendant of the Pirola variant (BA.2.86).</p>.<p> It contains a significant number of unique mutations, particularly in the spike protein, that may contribute to increased infectivity and immune evasion, a source explained. </p>