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UK: Second Deltacron recombinant reported – Delta AY.4 and Omicron BA.1

Another Deltacron variant has been reported in the UK today, this one combining the Delta variant AY.4 and the Omicron variant BA.1. More...

February 17, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com AY.4, BA.1, Coronavirus, Deltacron, England, Europe, Genome, Infection, London, Northern Ireland, Recombination, Scotland, UK, Wales

UK Covid dashboard figures “totally misleading and should be abandoned”

The head of the ZOE Covid app in Great Britain, Tim Spector, took aim at the UK government’s Covid dashboard figures today, saying they are “totally misleading and should be abandoned”. More...

February 17, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com BA.1, BA.1.1, BA.2, Deaths, Delta, England, Hospitalization, Infection, London, Northern Ireland, Omicron, PCR, Propaganda, Reinfection, Scotland, Testing, Transmission, UK, Vaccine Breakthrough, Wales

Preprint: Omicron BA.2 is more pathogenic than BA.1

“Infection experiments using hamsters show that BA.2 is more pathogenic than BA.1”

Statistical analysis shows that the effective reproduction number of BA.2 is 1.4-fold higher than that of BA.1. More...

February 16, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com BA.2, Deaths, Hospitalization, Infection, Omicron, Transmission, Vaccine, Vaccine Breakthrough

Hong Kong: Hamster-to-human reverse zoonosis involving Delta AY.127 and B.1.258 1 UPDATE

An interspecies spill-over in Hong Kong has triggered Covid transmission chains involving 58 patients epidemiologically linked to three pet shops. More...

February 16, 2022February 16, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Animals, Coronavirus, Delta, Europe, Hamsters, Hong Kong, Zoonosis

Australia: possible Queensland Deltacron cluster identified 1 UPDATE

We’ve seen several sequences collected early this year in Queensland, Australia being called Omicron unassigned by Pangolin and show similar patterns: ORF1ab mutations are more like from Delta with high alternate freq. More...

February 14, 2022February 16, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Australasia, Australia, BA.1, BA.2, Coronavirus, Delta, Deltacron, Genome, Infection, Omicron, Queensland, Recombination, Transmission

Germany delays its Covid-19 vaccine mandate

Germany’s plans to introduce a general vaccination mandate this spring are faltering, as a growing number of politicians question if it will find a majority in parliament. More...

February 14, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, Germany, Infection, Revaccination, Vaccine, Vaccine Breakthrough, Vaccine Waning

Denmark abandons its Covid-19 vaccination program

The Danish National Board of Health is to end its Covid-19 vaccination program.

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February 14, 2022February 14, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, Denmark, Health, Hospitalization, Infection, Moderna, Pfizer/Biontech, Revaccination, Side Effects, Vaccine, Vaccine Breakthrough, Vaccine Waning

Preprint: Evidence of widespread data tampering in Covid-19 records

“Screening all countries in the WHO dataset for evidence of underdispersion yields 21 country with statistically significant underdispersion. More...