Brendan Crabb, Author at Asia Times https://asiatimes.com/author/brendan-crabb/ Covering geo-political news and current affairs across Asia Mon, 29 Jan 2024 10:47:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://asiatimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ATLogo-192px.png Brendan Crabb, Author at Asia Times https://asiatimes.com/author/brendan-crabb/ 32 32 173017365 JN.1 ‘step change’ evolution cause for new Covid concern https://asiatimes.com/2024/01/jn-1-step-change-evolution-cause-for-new-covid-concern/ https://asiatimes.com/2024/01/jn-1-step-change-evolution-cause-for-new-covid-concern/#respond Mon, 29 Jan 2024 10:47:13 +0000 https://asiatimes.com/?p=756657

Since it was detected in August 2023, the JN.1 variant of Covid has spread widely. It has become dominant in Australia and around the world, driving the biggest Covid wave seen in many jurisdictions for at least the past year. The World Health Organization (WHO) classified JN.1 as a “variant of interest” in December 2023 […]

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