
A new coronavirus variant is making the rounds in headlines: the JN.1 subvariant.
From 30 October to 5 November, the JN.1 subvariant was estimated to make up 3.3 per cent of global Covid-19 cases. On 19 December, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated JN.1 made up 27.1 per cent of all Covid-19 cases worldwide.