{"id":634554,"date":"2026-11-08T15:46:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T13:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/11\/634554\/severe-sore-throat-new-coronavirus-variant-pj-2-1-spreads-around-the-world\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T16:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T14:23:14","slug":"severe-sore-throat-new-coronavirus-variant-pj-2-1-spreads-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/11\/634554\/severe-sore-throat-new-coronavirus-variant-pj-2-1-spreads-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe Sore Throat: New Coronavirus Variant PJ.2.1 Spreads Around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>PJ.2.1<\/strong> coronavirus variant is spreading in various countries around the world. Cases of infection have already been reported in the <strong>United States<\/strong>, <strong>Canada<\/strong>, and several European countries. The <strong>World Health Organization (WHO)<\/strong> has reported the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Infectious disease specialists say that symptoms of infection with this variant resemble those of the common cold, flu, and other seasonal respiratory infections. Experts highlight the following characteristic symptoms:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a very severe sore throat;<\/li>\n<li>prolonged asthenia \u2014 weakness and lack of energy that persist for a long time after recovering from the illness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>PJ.2.1<\/strong> was first detected in <strong>May 2026<\/strong>. The <strong>WHO<\/strong> warns that the likelihood of further spread is increasing amid heavy international passenger traffic.<\/p>\n<p><!-- website-article-source:4e56eaeada4895fb59247160 --><\/p>\n<p><strong>We previously reported:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/04\/583897\/new-covid-is-already-in-ukraine-the-ministry-of-health-has-confirmed-the-first-case-of-cicada\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New COVID is already in Ukraine: Ministry of Health confirms first case of \u201cCicada\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/04\/582311\/new-virus-strain-already-in-23-countries-will-cicada-return-the-world-to-restrictions-and-masks\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New virus strain already in 23 countries: will \u201cCicada\u201d bring back restrictions and masks worldwide?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2024\/08\/466574\/flirt-atakuie-novyj-shtam-koronavirusu-shyrytsia-ukrainoiu\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cFlirt\u201d strikes: new coronavirus strain spreading across Ukraine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2023\/11\/422066\/v-ukraini-zafiksuvali-pershij-vipadok-novogo-shtamu-koronavirusu-pirola\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ukraine records first case of new \u201cPirola\u201d coronavirus strain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2023\/10\/416194\/ce-vse-rozmovi-v-interneti-sanlikar-mikolaivshhini-pro-jmovirnij-spalah-novogo-shtamu-covid-19\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cIt\u2019s all internet talk,\u201d says Mykolaiv region\u2019s chief sanitary doctor about a possible outbreak of a new COVID-19 strain<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83e\udda0 Weakness and fatigue can persist even after recovering from the illness. Infectious disease specialists call this characteristic feature prolonged asthenia; overall, the symptoms resemble those of a cold, flu, and other seasonal respiratory infections.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 The variant was first detected in May 2026. Cases have already been reported in the United States, Canada, and several European countries.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 \u2708\ufe0f The WHO warns that, amid high levels of international passenger travel, the risk of further spread of the virus is increasing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12394,"featured_media":634544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","tstyn_error":"","tie_post_sub_title":"Cases of infection have been reported in the United States, Canada, and European countries"},"categories":[4578],"tags":[4633],"class_list":["post-634554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society","tag-medicina"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.8 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Severe Sore Throat: New Coronavirus Variant PJ.2.1 Spreads Around the World - \u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u041d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0430\u0435\u0432\u0430 c\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0434\u043d\u044f<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\ud83e\udda0 Weakness and fatigue can persist even after recovering from the illness. 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