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TOI Lifestyle Desk | TIMESOFINDIA.COM

Twin-demic of COVID-19 and Air Pollution: How both create respiratory distress in the human body

The ill effects of COVID-19 and air pollution

The JN.1 variant, classified as a variant of interest (VOI) by the World Health Organisation (WHO) due to its rapid spread, is currently present in more than 41 countries, including India. In our current conditions, across North India and especially in Delhi NCR, we have 2 respiratory threats in the air – Air Pollution and COVID (with the JN.1 strain). So, the co-occurrence of 2 pandemics is called a Twindemic.

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