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Last Updated:May 24, 2025, 14:37 IST
A woman in Gautam Buddha Nagar tested positive for Covid-19 and is under home quarantine. Health officials have sent her family members' samples for testing.

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A 55-year-old woman tested positive for Covid-19 and was placed under home quarantine, it was reported on Saturday.
According to news agency PTI, the samples of her family members had also been sent for testing.
The patient travelled on a train on May 14, it was learnt.
Commenting on the development, Narendra Kumar, chief medical officer of Gautam Budh Nagar district, told news agency PTI,
“The woman, who is under home quarantine, travelled on a train on May 14."
“Samples of her family members have been collected and sent for testing," he added.
“The administration is geared up to deal with the situation. We urge people not to panic and follow the safety protocols, including wearing face masks and hand sanitisation," he said.
Other than Noida, 23 new cases of the coronavirus were detected in Delhi, while four new cases were detected in Ghaziabad in the past couple of days.
NEW VARIANTS DETECTED IN INDIA
The INSACOG data on Saturday stated one case of the newly emerging Covid-19 variant NB.1.8.1 and four instances of the LF.7 type have been detected in India.
As of May 2025, the World Health Organisation (WHO) classifies LF.7 and NB.1.8 subvariants as Variants Under Monitoring, not as Variants of Concern or Variants of Interest. But these are the variants that are reportedly driving the rise in Covid cases in China and parts of Asia.
According to data from the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), one case of NB.1.8.1 was identified in April in Tamil Nadu and four cases of LF.7 were detected in Gujarat in May.
In India, the most common variant remains JN.1, comprising 53 per cent of samples tested, followed by BA.2 (26 per cent) and other Omicron sublineages (20 per cent).
Though the WHO’s preliminary risk assessment classifies NB.1.8.1 as posing a low public health risk globally, its spike protein mutations, such as A435S, V445H, and T478I, suggest increased transmissibility and immune evasion compared to other variants.
As of May 19, the country had 257 active Covid-19 cases.
A meeting chaired by the Director General of Health Services and attended by experts from the National Centre for Disease Control, ICMR, and other key health institutions recently reviewed the situation.
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