Many researches and studies were conducted in the health sector, the results of which increased the concern of health experts about chronic diseases. It is being constantly said that physical problems like high BP, cholesterol, diabetes are related to lifestyle and diet. Deaths due to cancer, heart attack or stroke continued this year as well. So some infectious diseases also emerged which forced WHO to impose a health emergency. Apart from the new variant of Covid, bird flu and monkeypox, dengue disturbed everyone.

Monkeypox and bird flu have troubled not only India but the entire world. This year, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared monkeypox infection a global pandemic.

Cases of ampox in Africa approach 70,000. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) reports that so far this year, the number of ampox cases in Africa has surpassed 69,000, while the death toll has exceeded 1,260.

• The new variant of Corona caused trouble-

The effect of the corona pandemic that started in the year 2019-20 was also seen this year. Corona cases were reported from almost every state of the country this year. The world came to know about many new variants, which were controlled in time. At the beginning of the year, new variants of corona also increased people's concern. Till last year, Covid remained a serious health challenge all over the world. Experts warned the world about a new variant of corona, JN.1.

According to a World Health Organization (WHO) report released in August 2024, 908 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in India between June 24 and July 21 this year and two patients died of the disease. The WHO told the world that between June 24 and July 21, an average of 17,358 samples were tested for coronavirus-2 every week in 85 countries.

The report said that more than 1,86,000 new cases were reported in 96 countries and more than 2,800 people lost their lives in 35 countries. The WHO report said that since the beginning of the pandemic till July 21, more than 77.5 crore cases have been confirmed worldwide and more than 70 lakh patients have died.

Information about Covid victims came from America and European countries. Talking about the South-East Asia region, Thailand (6,704 new cases and 35 deaths) showed the highest impact of the infection. It was followed by India (908 new cases and two deaths) and Bangladesh (372 new cases and one death).

The report said that JN.1 has the highest number of cases globally. Cases of this variant have been found in 135 countries. Meanwhile, according to the Covid dashboard of the Union Health Ministry, many states in India are witnessing an increase in Covid cases.

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Rajasthan and West Bengal reported a positivity rate of more than five per cent. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the highly infectious KP.1 and KP.2 strains that evolved from the JN.1 Omicron variant are responsible for the rise in Covid cases in India as well.

• Bird flu caused havoc-

Many types of research also revealed that many people were affected by this new variant. By the end of the year, bird flu also knocked in India. News of bird flu came from Phalodi district of Rajasthan. The bird Kurjan was found dead. The viscera of the bird was sent for examination. On December 21, the virus was confirmed in the test report. Confirmation of the virus created concern within the local administration and the forest department, as this virus can also pose a threat to other bird species.

Apart from these, dengue, which is caused by mosquito bites, also troubled people a lot. According to WHO's global dengue surveillance data, more than 12 million cases were registered worldwide till August this year. At the same time, 6,991 people also died due to this. Dengue cases were registered double, last year only 5.27 million cases were reported.