PANJIM: As many as 21 cases of Covid-19 sub-variant JN.1 including 19 in Goa have been detected across the country till now, even as Health Minister Vishwajit Rane has asserted that there was no need to panic.
There is no need to panic over the rising Covid-19 cases and detection of Omicron sub variant BA.2 (JN.1) in the State. All the Covid-19 patients in Goa are under home isolation and have mild symptoms and they are being treated, he informed.
The 19 cases of Omicron Sub Variant BA.2 (JN.1) have been detected in Goa by the genomic sequencing lab at the North Goa district hospital, Mapusa, including a BA.2.86 sequence. All these patients have already completed their isolation period and are not among the active 19 cases as per state epidemiologist.
