The World Health Organization (WHO) classified the JN.1 variant of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 as a “variant of concern” due to its “rapid spread”, although it noted that the risk to global public health is low. .
According to the WHO, which issued a statement on the subject on Tuesday, the JN.1 variant of SARS-CoV-2 “could increase the burden of respiratory infections in many countries” in the northern hemisphere as the winter season approaches.
The WHO assures, however, that the vaccines in circulation for Covid-19 (which prevent serious illness and death) act with this variant, which derives from the BA.2.86 lineage (which has its origin in the Ómicron variant).
Covid-19 is a pandemic respiratory disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, a type of virus initially detected in 2019 in China and which has assumed several variants and subvariants, some more contagious than others.
Source: TSF
