{
  "id": 19302484,
  "title": "WHO urges testing as new COVID-19 variant PJ.2.1 mimics flu, common cold symptoms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/who-urges-testing-as-new-covid-19-variant-pj-2-1-mimics-flu-common",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-10T06:43:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Vibes",
    "slug": "the-vibes",
    "url": "https://www.thevibes.com/articles/lifestyles/129378/who-urges-testing-as-new-covid-19-variant-pj.2.1-mimics-flu-and-common-cold-symptoms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged continued diagnostic testing as a newly emerging COVID-19 variant, PJ.2.1, spreads internationally with symptoms that can be mistaken for influenza or the common cold. The warning comes as the SARS-CoV-2 ...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}