An Indian woman who recently traveled back to India from Maldives has tested positive to the new variant of Covid-19.
Indian media reported that the woman traveled back from Maldives in December and tested positive for Covid-19 on 13 December. She had a genome test done at All India Institute of Medical Science (AIMS).
The woman has tested positive for JN-1 sub variant of Covid-19 according to India's Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) reports. She has since fully recovered from Covid, the media reports said.
A Health Protection Agency (HPA) media official told 'One' that the Agency is not aware of a JN-1 sub variant breakout in Maldives as of yet.
