According to the study, carried out by the Beijing University of Chemical Technology, the virus was similar to SARS-CoV-2 and discovered in 2017 in pangolins before the COVID outbreak. TheHealthSite.com
Covid Variant JN.1 Live Updates: Over a year after Omicron, India is witnessing another virus wave triggered by JN.1, a sub-variant of the coronavirus. JN.1 has been classified as a "variant of interest" by the WHO because of "its rapidly increasing spread". The number of active Covid-19 cases in India has crossed the 3,000- mark and one death was reported in Kerala.
The UK has reported 426 cases of this new variant. Apart from UK, most of the cases of the variant have been reported from Denmark, India, Sweden and Singapore.