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Axios reports:
A fast-spreading new COVID-19 variant called JN.1 could drive a new wave of disease across the U.S. this holiday season just as other respiratory viruses are cresting, experts say.
COVID modeler Jay Weiland estimated on Monday that JN.1 would become the dominant strain within a week and that daily new infections, now around 965,000, aren’t close to peaking. The variant’s emergence coincides with a jump in other respiratory viruses. Over four weeks, hospitalizations for influenza and RSV rose 200% and 60%, respectively.
Updated COVID vaccines developed to target an earlier omicron strain work against JN.1, according to research posted online last month by a Columbia University-led group that hasn’t been peer-reviewed. But vaccine uptake in the U.S. remains woefully low, despite urgent pleas from federal health officials.
Read the full article. Earlier today the CDC warned that wastewater testing in dozens of states show high to very high levels of coronavirus.
WHO designates JN.1 as separate COVID-19 variant of interest
As part of its announcement today, the WHO recommended universal masking for health facilities and protection for health workers.https://t.co/j5OFVoin4h
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