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Dec 20, 2023

Covid-19 Surge: India "Alert", Singapore Brings Back Masks As JN.1 Spreads | All You Need To Know

A new coronavirus strain has raised an alarm in several countries across the world. The World Health Organisation has said the new strain JN.1 is a "variant of interest". India is witnessing a sudden uptick in coronavirus cases. The active caseload for Covid-19 in India has doubled in the last nine days. The southern state of Kerala is the worst affected. The Centre has asked state governments to increase RT-PCR testing. Singapore too has been seeing a massive surge in Coronavirus cases. It has issued a travel advisory and issued a mask mandate as active cases hit 56,000. In the US, the CDC says around 20% of new infections have been caused by the new variant.

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