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Luxembourg: 60% with Covid have at least one symptom a year later
Six in ten people with COVID-19 still have at least one symptom a year later, a new study being presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Lisbon, Portugal (23-26 April) has found. More...
Italy: BA.4 detected in Lombardy
The BA.4 variant, the new Omicron sub-variant under consideration by the World Health Organization (WHO), has been genotyped in Monza, Lombardy. More...
South Africa: Covid-19 remains a threat, we cannot just let the virus spread
“Our message remains again, to say that, Covid-19 remains a threat, it’s not over, and we cannot afford to drop all the prevention measures. More...
USA: BA.2.12.1 has transmission advantage of ~25% over BA.2 – *1 UPDATE*
CDC: “BA.2.12.1 might have a transmission advantage of about 25% over the BA.2 sub variant… The BA.2.12.1 sub variant makes up nearly 30% of sequences identified nationally.” More...
Netherlands: 518 healthcare workers sacked for having Long Covid
518 Dutch healthcare workers have lost their jobs because they suffer from Long Covid and have been off work sick for two years, the Dutch FNV trade union federation said on Friday. More...
UK: Admission and Care of Residents during COVID-19 Incident in a Care Home
Public Health England, April 2020: “Some of these patients may have COVID-19, whether symptomatic or asymptomatic. More...
SARS-CoV-2 may infect bacteria in the gut, act as a bacteriophage
“SARS-CoV-2 could .. infect bacteria in the gut microbiota, indicating that SARS-CoV-2 could act as a bacteriophage”
“Our recent studies show that microorganisms in the human gastrointestinal tract affect the severity of COVID-19 and for the first time provide indications that the virus might replicate in gut bacteria. More...
South Africa: BA.4 and BA.5 increasing as a proportion of sequenced cases *1 UPDATE*
An increasing share of South Africa’s Covid-19 cases are the BA.4 and BA.5 sub-lineages of the Omicron variant, suggesting those might have a growth advantage over others, Prof Helen Rees said on Thursday. More...
Japan: New BA.1/BA.2 recombinant discovered
Japanese researchers have detected a new type of the Omicron variant which is a recombination of the BA.1 and more contagious BA.2 strains of the Omicron. More...
2020 research: Hepatitis is common in children with Covid-19 MIS-C
“Hepatitis is common in children with MIS-C and is associated with a more severe presentation and persistent elevation of LFTs in many.” More...