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Russia: New “Moscow” coronavirus strain is Delta – Московский штамм коронавируса – Дельта

Russian newspapers are still referring to a new “Moscow” strain of Sars-CoV-2, however it seems that the strain may simply be Delta (B.1.617.2). More...

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Russia: “Moscow” coronavirus variant – 1,705 new patients, 468 on ventilators, 71 deaths in one city in one day

Moscow has documented 6,805 new COVID-19 cases on June 15. More...

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UK: Delta coronavirus variant could push R to 7 without mitigations says PHE chief

Dr Susan Hopkins, Public Health England’s strategic COVID-19 response director, told the Science and Technology Committee of the UK Parliament today that if the Delta variant B16712 was “unmitigated”, left to spread without any lockdown restrictions, the R number could become “greater than five and maybe up to seven”. More...

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Peru: C.37 coronavirus variant named Lambda by WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday that the coronavirus variant of COVID-19, commonly known as C.37, has been named Lambda. More...

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India: second lion dies of coronavirus at Vandalur Zoo near Chennai

A 12-year-old Asiatic lion, Pathmanathan, has died from Covid-19 in Arignar Anna Zoological Park, popularly known as Vandalur Zoo, outside Chennai on Wednesday morning, a statement from the zoo authority said. More...

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Preprint: surges in coronavirus cases associated with NTD deletions common in vaccine breakthrough infections or reinfections

Researchers find that surges in COVID-19 case numbers are associated with deletions in the SARS-CoV-2 genome in an antigenic site of the spike protein. More...

June 16, 2021August 8, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, Health, Infection, PCR, Reinfection, Science, Testing, Transmission, Vaccine, Vaccine Breakthrough

Countries with increasing coronavirus rates as of mid June 2021

There are still a large number of countries across the globe where Sars-CoV-2 is increasing as of June 16th 2021 – Great Britain, Colombia, Mongolia, Kuwait, Brazil, South Africa, Russia, Oman, Panama, Tunisia, and Afghanistan have all seen recent surges. More...