Category: America
American Coronavirus News
USA: 2 Malayan tigers at Norfolk, Virginia zoo test positive for coronavirus
Two tigers at a zoo in Virginia have tested positive for the coronavirus. More...
Brazil: rapid spread and high impact of the coronavirus VOC P.1 in Sao Paulo – March 2021
Here, we show evidence of how fast the VOC P.1 has spread in the most populated city in South America – Sao Paulo. More...
Louisiana: 170 coronavirus vaccine breakthrough cases reported
As of Thursday (April 8), 170 people in Louisiana were classified as having a “breakthrough” vaccine COVID case – testing positive for coronavirus after being fully vaccinated. More...
Rhode Island: 290 coronavirus vaccine breakthrough cases reported, three dead and 20 hospitalized
Nearly 300 Rhode Islanders have tested positive for COVID-19 after being vaccinated against the virus — a total that state public-health officials consider a positive sign of the vaccines’ effectiveness. More...
Mississippi: 78 cases of vaccine breakthrough reported
The Mississippi State Department of Health is reporting 78 breakthrough cases of COVID-19. More...
Alaska: 177 coronavirus vaccine breakthrough cases reported
Of the 177 breakthrough infections in Alaska as of this week, one person has required hospitalization and no one has died, according to Bennett. More...
Brazil’s P.1 coronavirus variant mutating, may become more dangerous – OLD NEWS?
It’s all over the newspapers today – Brazil’s P1 coronavirus variant mutating, may become more dangerous was Reuters headline – but we think it’s OLD NEWS dating back to January 2021. More...
Genetic Evidence and Host Immune Response in Persons Reinfected with SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in Brazil
A paper to be published in May in the U.S. More...
Canada: first blood clot case in AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine recipient reported
Canada announced on Tuesday its first report of a rare blood clot in a person who had received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. More...
12% of US children with COVID-19 coronavirus are hospitalized
Among a cohort of 20,714 US children with COVID-19, more than 1 in 10 were hospitalized, of whom 31.1% (756) had severe COVID-19, defined as requiring admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), mechanical ventilation, or comparable treatment. More...