Category: Asia
Asian Coronavirus News
Global winter wave of 2021 is now 50% higher than last year’s winter wave
The current global winter wave is already about 50% higher than last year’s wave, peaking at 14.5 million biweekly cases yesterday. More...
Israel considers herd immunity through mass infection
Senior Israeli Health Ministry officials are reportedly weighing a switch to a policy of reaching herd immunity through mass infection by Covid-19. More...
China: Covid rule breakers humiliated in public walk of shame
Four Covid-19 rule-breakers in hazmat suits, carrying placards displaying their names and photos, were paraded in front of a large crowd in Jingxi city this week. More...
It’s the largest global Covid wave EVER
Driven by the new Omicron variant, the world is now being overwhelmed by the largest global Sars-CoV-2 wave EVER. More...
ALERT! The world’s highest ever daily case rate has just been recorded
The world saw it’s highest ever number of Covid infections in one day yesterday. More...
UK.GOV: Vaccine booster doses wane after just 10 weeks
“The latest data suggests this extra protection starts to wane more rapidly, being about 15 to 25% lower from 10 weeks after the booster dose.” More...
3 billion Omicron infections worldwide predicted
A report from the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation is predicting 3 billion new infections of the Omicron variant worldwide over the next two months. More...
Omicron overpowers monoclonal antibody treatments in early tests
Preliminary experiments suggest that most of the monoclonal antibody treatments for Covid-19 are powerless against Omicron. More...
Preprint: Omicron now binds to mouse ACE2
“Here, we show that the Omicron RBD binds to human ACE2 with enhanced affinity relative to the Wuhan-Hu-1 RBD and acquires binding to mouse ACE2.” More...
Sinovac vaccine not able to produce adequate antibodies to neutralise Omicron
The Covid-19 vaccine by Sinovac Biotech is not able to produce adequate antibodies to neutralise the highly mutated coronavirus strain Omicron, according to new research from the University of Hong Kong. More...