Okuhlukile kwe-JN.1 isampula yakhe yokuqala ebhalwe phansi yabikwa mhla zingama-25 kuNcwaba wezi-2023 futhi okwabikwa kamuva ngabacwaningi ukuthi ukudluliseka okuphezulu kanye nekhono lokubalekela amasosha omzimba, manje isiqokwe njengokuhlukile kokuthakaselayo (VOIs) ngu WHO.
Emasontweni ambalwa edlule, amacala e-JN.1 abikwe emazweni amaningi. Ukusabalala kwayo kukhula ngokushesha emhlabeni jikelele. Ngenxa yokusabalala okwandayo ngokushesha, i-WHO ihlukanise i-JN.1 njengokuhlukile okuthakaselayo (VOI).
Njengokuhlolwa kwengozi kokuqala kwe-WHO, umphakathi owengeziwe zezempilo ubungozi obudalwa yi-JN.1 sub-variant iphansi ezingeni lomhlaba.
Naphezu kwezinga eliphezulu lokutheleleka kanye nethuba lokugwema ukuzivikela komzimba, ubufakazi bamanje abusikiseli ukuthi isifo ubukhali bungaba phezulu uma kuqhathaniswa nezinye izinhlobo ezijikelezayo.
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Okubhekwayo:
- I-WHO. Ukulandelela okuhlukile kwe-SARS-CoV-2 - Okwamanje kusatshalaliswa okuhlukile kwentshisekelo (VOIs) (kusukela ngomhla ka-18 Disemba 2023). Itholakala ngo https://www.who.int/activities/tracking-SARS-CoV-2-variants
- I-WHO. JN.1 Ukuhlolwa Kokuqala Kwengcuphe mhla ziyi-18 kuZibandlela 2023. Kutholakala ekhelini elithi https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/18122023_jn.1_ire_clean.pdf?sfvrsn=6103754a_3
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