Category: Asia
Asian Coronavirus News
India: First Delta/BA.2 recombinant recorded in Karnataka
The first ever Deltacron recombinant combining Delta and Omicron BA.2 has been identified in a sequence from Karnataka, India. More...
Hong Kong: BA.2 causes 7 times more deaths among hospitalised children than flu
A study from University of Hong Kong found that 15 per cent of children hospitalised with Omicron BA.2 had developed neurological complications
According to the report, about 15 per cent of hospitalised youngsters who had contracted the sub-variant developed neurological complications and more than 6 per cent had respiratory complications, with 21 children being sent to paediatric intensive care. More...
WHO: The world’s most boring report ever proposes an end to the pandemic
28 pages of finger-crossing, hand-wringing, wishful thinking dross. An epic black hole riddled with buzz phrases, key words, bullet points, legal clauses, minute fonts and pointless diagrams. More...
China: Shanghai empty on first day of Covid lockdown
Some pretty extraordinary images of Shanghai on it’s first day of Covid lockdown today. More...
China CDC: Deltacron is a “Grey Rhino” event
China CDC: The wolf is coming – Deltacron is a “Grey Rhino” event. More...
India: 568 Deltacron cases under investigation
It’s beginning to look like Deltacron could be the next big thing…. More...
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...
Cambodia: Omicron “spreading like wildfire”
Omicron is spreading like wildfire across Cambodia.
“Before Omicron variant came into the country, we were confident of shifting the Covid-19 pandemic to endemic. More...
Israel: New BA.1/BA.2 recombinant variant discovered
The Israeli Health Ministry has announced that two cases of a previously unknown recombinant SARS-CoV-2 variant have been discovered in Israel in recent days.