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Corona Update: The country is once again witnessing a surge in corona cases. Singapore has seen a rapid increase in coronavirus cases due to the subvariants KP.2 and KP.1 of Covid-19. Now both these variants are infecting people in India as well. According to INSACOG data, 290 people have been found infected with KP.2 and 34 with KP.1.
Surge in corona cases
In India, 290 people have been confirmed infected with the KP.2 sub-variant of Covid-19 and 34 with KP.1, official data has revealed. Both these sub-variants of Covid-19 are responsible for the increase in infection cases in Singapore. However, sources in the Union Health Ministry told PTI that both of these are sub-types of the JN1 variant and have no connection with cases of hospitalisation and serious illness.
There is nothing to worry about.
“So there is no reason to worry or panic. The virus will keep changing its form rapidly and this is a natural property of viruses like SARS-CoV2,” the sources said. The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSCOG) is sensitive to the issue and can deal with it if a new form emerges, the sources said. They said samples are also taken systematically from hospitals to detect any change in the severity of the disease caused by the virus.
Total 34 cases of KP.1
According to data compiled by INSCOG, a total of 34 cases of KP.1 were reported in seven states and union territories, of which 23 cases were reported in West Bengal alone. According to the data, one case of this sub-variant was reported in Goa, two in Gujarat, one in Haryana, four in Maharashtra, two in Rajasthan and one in Uttarakhand.
290 cases of KP.2
According to INSCOG, 290 cases of KP.2 subtype have been reported, out of which the maximum 148 cases are from Maharashtra alone. Apart from this, one person in Delhi, 12 in Goa, 23 in Gujarat, three in Haryana, four in Karnataka, one in Madhya Pradesh, 17 in Odisha, 21 in Rajasthan, eight in Uttar Pradesh, 16 in Uttarakhand and 36 people in West Bengal have been infected with this subtype.
Singapore has seen a surge in Covid-19 cases in recent days, with 25,900 cases of infection from the KP.1 and KP.2 sub-variants reported between May 5 and 11. This accounts for two-thirds of the total infection cases in Singapore.