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USA: Biden administration launches effort to reduce the spread of COVID-⁠19 in buildings

The Clean Air in Buildings Challenge is a call to action for leaders and building owners and operators of all types to assess their indoor air quality and make ventilation and air filtration improvements to help keep occupants safe. More...

March 19, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, Deaths, Hospitalization, Infection, USA, Ventilation, Washington D.C

Preprint: Prior natural infection compared to mRNA vaccination for SARS-CoV-2

Natural infection was associated with stronger and more durable protection against infection, regardless of the variant, than mRNA primary-series vaccination. More...

March 19, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, Deaths, Hospitalization, Infection, Moderna, Pfizer/Biontech, Qatar, Revaccination, Transmission, Vaccine, Vaccine Breakthrough, Vaccine Waning

Denmark Covid-19 Trends Report – Week 11

Denmark’s Covid-19 trends report for Week 11 of 2022 shows BA.2_H78Y is stable at about 28% of sequences, a very slight rise from previous weeks. More...

March 19, 2022March 24, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com BA.2, BA.2.H78Y, Coronavirus, Deaths, Denmark, Europe, Genome, Hospitalization, Infection, Omicron, Testing, Transmission

UK: ONS COVID-19 Infection Survey, March 2022

The latest UK Office for National Statistics COVID-19 Infection Survey has just landed. More...

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com BA.1, BA.2, BA.2.2, BA.3, England, Healthcare, Hospitalization, Infection, London, Northern Ireland, Omicron, PCR, Recurrence, Reinfection, Revaccination, Scotland, Transmission, UK, Vaccine, Wales

Recombination: Details on XD, XE and XF recombinants by Tom Peacock

There’s a new thread on Twitter by Tom Peacock of Imperial College covering the latest information on the SARS-CoV-2 recombinants XD, XE and XF. More...

March 18, 2022April 4, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com BA.1, BA.2, BA.3, Delta, Denmark, England, Europe, France, Germany, Infection, London, Northern Ireland, Omicron, Recombinants, Recombination, Scotland, Transmission, UK, Wales, XD, XE, XF

Preprint: SARS-CoV-2 Omicron – multiple inter-variant recombination events

“By analyzing sequences from a large number of Omicron subvariants, we identified diverse recombination events between two Omicron subvariants and several SARS-CoV-2 variants, suggesting that co-infection and subsequent genome recombination play important roles in the on-going evolution of SARS-CoV-2. More...