WHO asks Southeast Asian international locations to step up surveillance

The World Health Organisation (WHO) urged international locations within the Southeast Asia area to step surveillance and requested folks to take protecting measures due to rising circumstances of respiratory ailments together with influenza and Covid sub-variant JN.1, based on a press launch.

“The COVID-19 virus continues to evolve, change, and circulate in all countries globally. While current evidence suggests the additional public health risk posed by JN.1 is low, we must continue to track the evolution of these viruses to tailor our response. For this, countries must strengthen surveillance and sequencing and ensure the sharing of data,” Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia, stated in an announcement.