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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 strain...
At least two experts told Reuters that while the strain can evade the immune system and transmit more easily than other currently circulating variants, it has not shown any signs of more severe disease...
While there might be more cases with the variant, JN.1 doesnt pose a greater risk, said Andrew Pekosz, a virologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health...
WHO said current vaccines will continue to protect against severe disease and death from JN.1 and other circulating variants of the COVID-19 virus...
The CDC had said currently there was no evidence that JN.1 presents an increased risk to public health relative to other currently circulating variants and an updated shot could keep Americans protected against the variant...
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