Maldives returned woman tests positive for JN.1 sub variant of Covid in Indore

A 33 year old woman who had returned from the Maldives tested positive for in Madhya Pradesh's Indore, an official said Friday. The patient was found infected with the virus last month and has since recovered, he said. ADVERTISEMENT The woman tested positive for coronavirus on December 13. Her sample was sent for whole genome sequencing (WGS) at Bhopal based All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), and the report, which arrived on Thursday, confirmed that she was infected with JN.1 sub variant, said Dr Amit Malakar, nodal officer of the district unit of the (IDSP).

He said that the patient was home quarantined and recovered last month. Nine patients are in treatment for coronavirus in Indore district, of which seven were under home isolation, and the remaining are hospitalised, Dr Malakar said..