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Health experts monitoring JN.1 say it may not cause as much damage as previous waves but it could still be severe

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The CDC recommends that Americans get vaccines for flu, Covid-19 and RSV for the winter season

The new variant has spread across 41 countries as the WHO categorises it as a ‘variant of interest’.

WHO classifies JN.1 as a separate variant of interest (VOI) with potential to affect virus characteristics & increase burden of respiratory infections. Vaccines expected to increase protection against JN.1. India detects 21 cases, all mild.

ONS figures show December increase in positive tests after JN.1 classified as ‘variant of interest’

The World Health Organisation says that, on current evidence, the risk from the variant was ‘low’

This was the year a lot people finally exhaled. The pandemic was declared no longer an emergency. But viral threats are still with us and there are lessons we still haven't learned.

CDC says respiratory illnesses are spreading fast and warns we have not peaked yet. Experts advise vaccination for flu and COVID to help curb impacts.