WHO: Boost surveillance, Covid protective measures

Sunday, 24 December 2023
The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries in the South-East Asia Region (SEARO), including India, to enhance surveillance and implement protective measures due to a surge in respiratory diseases, including Covid-19 and its new sub-variant JN.1, along with influenza. The advisory is particularly relevant as India has witnessed 656 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total active cases to 3,742, with a death toll of 5,33,333. Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO South-East Asia regional director, emphasized the need for strengthened surveillance, sequencing, and data sharing to monitor the evolving nature of the viruses.

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