JN.1, the WHO’s newest ‘variant of interest,’ has spiked COVID wastewater levels to all-time highs in some countries. What you need to know about the ‘Pirola’ offshoot
The World Health Organization is keeping an eye on a new COVID variant—one that’s boosting wastewater levels of the virus to the highest points of the pandemic in some countries. The global health watchdog on Tuesday promoted JN.1—an Omicron spawn experts flagged this summer for its unusually large number of mutations—to a “variant of interest.”…
