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View all search resultsThe government has urged people to follow the health protocols, including wearing masks, as the country prepares to celebrate the year-end holidays, following the detection of the latest COVID variant of interest JN.1, with the majority of cases reported in Jakarta.
The cases have been identified over the past seven months in 25 states and territories, Dr. Jay Butler, deputy director for infectious diseases at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said during a conference call.
The finding is the latest to weigh in on a debate on the relative strengths of natural versus vaccine-acquired immunity against SARS-CoV-2, but comes this time with the imprimatur of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The CDC's new ratings, first reported by Reuters and posted on a CDC website on Monday, include 61 nations that were lowered from its highest "Level 4" rating that discouraged all travel to recommending travel for fully vaccinated individuals, the agency confirmed on Tuesday.
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