Health Minister reassures Moroccans on spread of new COVID-19 variant JN.1

Ya biladi
Dec 26, 2023

Health Minister reassures Moroccans on spread of new COVID-19 variant JN.1


The Moroccan Minister of Health has reassured Moroccans regarding the spread of the new JN.1 coronavirus strain. Khalid Ait Taleb said yesterday during a weekly session at the House of Representatives that the World Health Organization (WHO) had said that «the seriousness of the new variant, the speed of its spread, and even its morbidity rate have not been proven yet». «There is no need to panic», he argued.