In Kerala and Karnataka, wearing masks has been made mandatory for people above 60 years of age amid the new Covid variant JN.1. WHO has considered the new JN.1 variant as a variant of interest. - On November 21, WHO had declared the 'Pirola' variant as VARIANT REQUIRING GLOBAL ATTENTION. The JN.1 variant is the first variant of Covid-19 which is changing so rapidly. - The scary thing about the JN.1 variant is that the immunity obtained from the Corona vaccine does not work on this variant.

Source: dna December 20, 2023 19:21 UTC