COVID-19: WHO designates JN.1 ‘variant of interest’ amid sharp rise in global spread

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is continuously monitoring the global spread of JN.1, a COVID-19 variant of interest, adding that current vaccines continue to offer protection against severe disease and death from this and other variants in circulation.

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