COVID-19 XBB variant 結果共3筆

Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has confirmed that the COVID-19 variant JN.1 has been sporadically detected in Taiwan’s local cases. JN.1 is an offspring of the BA.2.86 variant and was first detected in Taiwan on Oct. 20 through a traveler from Japan. The local proportion of the JN.1 strain is below 5 percent, indicating that it has not become the dominant strain. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended the continued use of the XBB.1.5 vaccine strain, which has been shown to be effective against JN.1 and other emerging variants.

Taiwanese seniors over 65 can now receive free pneumococcal vaccinations amid a respiratory disease outbreak. The CDC encourages vaccinations against adenoviruses, mycoplasma pneumoniae, the COVID-19 XBB variant, and influenza to bolster the country’s defenses.

新型冠狀病毒感染（COVID-19，前稱新型冠狀病毒肺炎）疫情在全球繼續蔓延，病毒一再變種，最新有XBB.1.5變異病毒株漸在美國有成為主流毒株之勢，在中國也有出現。它已在全球至少74國現縱，專家指其更能躲過由疫苗或患者過去感染得到的抗體保護力，並形容是超級變種 （Super variant）。