2023-12-06 18:59:34
His name probably won’t mean anything to you, but you may have already crossed his path. The JN.1 variant, a newcomer in the galaxy of Covid viruses that have been circulating for four years, is establishing itself at full speed. It is now the majority in Île-de-France, and perhaps also across the whole of France. At the same time, the epidemic has been on the rise for three weeks, according to new data published this Wednesday by Public Health France.
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As the end-of-year holidays approach, “all the curves are going back up and it has not been long since the previous decline, which is particularly remarkable,” observes Mircea Sofonea, lecturer in epidemiology at the university. from Montpellier (Hérault). Does the breakthrough of JN.1 contribute to this epidemic resumption, also visible – and sometimes even more markedly – in many other countries? “Plausible,” say the experts.
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