NIH issues advisory on JN.1 sub variant of COVID 19

The National Institute of Health (NIH) has issued an advisory for the prevention and control of JN.1 Sub variant of the COVID 19 virus ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News 3rd Jan, 2024) The National Institute of Health (NIH) has issued an advisory for the prevention and control of JN.1 Sub variant of the COVID 19 virus.

According to NIH, the objective of the advisory was to and facilitate the health authorities and other stakeholders for ensuring timely prevention and control measures encompassing preparedness to deal with such patients in future. The advisory said that JN.1 is classified as a Variant of Interest ( ) and fundamentally an offshoot of .

2.86 sub variant omicron variant. The COVID 19 virus, very first reported in 2023 by US CDC. However, in recent weeks, JN.1 has been reported in many countries, and its prevalence is rapidly increasing globally. This rapid growth is observed across the three WHO regions with consistent sharing of SARS CoV 2 sequences, like the region of the Americas, the Western Pacific and the European regions, with the largest increase seen in Western Pacific 1.1% in epidemiological week 44 to 65.6% in epidemiological week 48..