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Technically, JN.1 is BA.2.86.1.1. But the naming system for COVID variants calls for the string of letters to truncate after three additional sets of numbers and periods. So BA.2.86.1.1 “rolled ...
What is JN.1, the new COVID-19 variant? JN.1 was first reported in August 2023, according to the W orld H ealth O rganization. On Dec. 18, the WHO classified JN.1 as a “variant of interest ...
JN.1 is a COVID-19 variant that descended from BA.2.86, explains infectious disease expert Amesh Adalja, M.D., a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. JN.1 is “another ...
(Reuters) -The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday classified the JN.1 coronavirus strain as a "variant of interest" and said current evidence shows risk to public health was low from the ...
With the JN.1 variant now making up around 20% of new COVID-19 infections, health officials are urging people to take proper precautions.
The World Health Organization declared JN.1 a "variant of interest" Tuesday — a designation that applies to variants that are driving new cases and have genetic changes that could help them ...
JN.1.4—a “child," so to speak, of JN.1—was the No. 3 most commonly reported variant in the U.S. on Thursday, comprising 11.5% of sequences, Rajnarayanan told Fortune, citing data from GISAID ...
The CDC said currently there is no evidence that JN.1 causes more severe disease and added current vaccines are expected to increase protection against JN.1. CDC says JN.1 variant accounts for ...