Maharashtra has detected its first case of sub-type of COVID-19 omicron variant JN.1 in a 41-year-old patient hailing from Sindhudurg. The state has ramped up surveillance in all the districts with testing of patients with influenza-like illness and severe acute respiratory infections (SARI).

It is noteworthy that there is no evidence so far to suggest that a person infected with the JN.1 variant shows different symptoms than its predecessors, and neither is there any data to suggest that it is more severe.