Corona Virus: Lakhs of people reached the mountains to celebrate New Year, 55 thousand vehicles seen in Shimla in 72 hours, Corona bomb can explode
Corona New Variant JN.1, Corona Newsday: Till December 25, a total of 69 cases of Corona’s new variant JN.1 have been reported across the country. A total of 116 new Corona patients have appeared in the last 24 hours. In which 3 patients died. With this, the total number of active cases in the country has now increased to 4,170. Meanwhile, the Union Health Ministry has said that a total of 293 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours.
People are going to the mountains to celebrate holidays from Christmas to New Year. According to reports, lakhs of people are going to celebrate New Year in the mountains. Due to this, a good crowd is being seen on the mountains. In such a situation, there is a possibility of spread of Corona virus. In fact, since Christmas itself, people have turned towards hill stations and tourist places. New Year is also about to come. People are going to the mountains on holidays. There was a jam on the roads of Manali yesterday. Only vehicles were visible all along the way. After the appearance of the new variant JN.1, the concern of experts has increased. Corona virus can spread rapidly due to gathering of people. In view of the crowd, doctors are advising people to avoid crowds. However, the Health Department’s suggestions do not seem to have any significant impact on the people.
55 thousand vehicles went to Shimla in 72 hours
On the occasion of Christmas and New Year, 55 thousand vehicles entered Shimla within 72 hours. And within just 12 hours, 12,000 vehicles have been stranded in 12 degree temperature. According to the report, 65 thousand people have gone towards Lahaul and Spiti. Apart from this, more than one lakh vehicles have entered Manali. Guest houses and hotels are running full in Shimla. Mussoorie is also in bad condition. Crowds of tourists have gathered there too. Almost 90 percent of hotels and guest houses in Mussoorie have also been booked. Long traffic jams are also being seen on the roads of Mussoorie.
Corona cases may increase due to crowd gathering on New Year
Experts say that this crowd gathering in the mountains can be very dangerous. Experts say that after the first wave of Corona, when the lockdown was relaxed, lakhs of people went to the mountains to roam. The effect of which was visible in the second wave. At that time, lakhs of people were infected with the virus in a single day, due to which thousands of people died. After this, the Omicron variant appeared in 2022, even at that time people’s carelessness had taken a toll on their health.
Although the Omicron variant was not that dangerous at that time. This time, after the appearance of JN.1 variant, the concern of experts has increased once again. Experts say that the JN.1 variant can spread due to gathering of people at one place. Due to which more people can fall prey to this viral virus. Let us tell you that Goa has the maximum number of 34 cases of JN.1 variant. 8 patients infected with this have died.
