AIIMS Delhi increases SARI testing; earmarks beds for seriously ill COVID-19 patients. Delhi reports first case of JN.1 variant, a rapidly spreading variant of COVID. Guidelines released by AIIMS specify symptoms for COVID testing. WHO classifies JN.1 as a variant of interest. JN.1 accounts for 50% of COVID cases in the US. “Delhi has reported the first case of JN.1, a Sub-Variant of Omicron. Out of the 3 samples sent for Genome Sequencing, one is JN.1 and the other two are Omicron,” Bharadwaj told ANI.