Category: Asia
Asian Coronavirus News
B.1.1.529 Omicron: Valve-style face mask may have caused cross-infection between vaccinated, quarantined patients
A Covid-19 patient whose valve-style face mask was blamed for a cross infection in a quarantine hotel last week has been found to be carrying a new variant of the virus with a high number of mutations, marking the first known appearance of the strain in Hong Kong. More...
B.1.1.529 Omicron: Sars-Cov-2 variant with extremely high number of Spike mutations
“Currently only 4 sequences so would recommend monitoring for now. More...
Isreal: 11% of kids who got coronavirus now suffer from Long Covid
More than 10 percent of Israeli children who were diagnosed with the coronavirus show signs of suffering from long COVID, the Israeli Health Ministry announced Monday. More...
Preprint: Genome recombination between Delta and Alpha variants of SARS-CoV-2
Prominent genomic recombination has been observed between the Delta and Alpha variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) isolated from clinical specimens in Japan. More...
The 2021 winter wave will be the largest Covid wave so far
It looks like the 2021 Covid global winter wave will be a much larger repeat of the 2020 winter wave, with Europe and North America being the biggest contributors of new Covid cases again. More...
South Korea: 50% vaccine breakthrough for new Covid-19 cases
About half of new COVID-19 cases in the South Korea over the past two weeks were breakthrough infections.
China: first Covid cases detected at 2022 Winter Olympics
Organizers of February’s Winter Olympics in Beijing said Friday that two foreign athletes had tested positive for COVID-19 in ongoing test events for the Games. More...
India: Covid infections twice as high in fully vaccinated than those with single dose
More positive Covid cases are reported among fully-vaccinated people in India compared to those who have only had a single dose of vaccine. More...
China: Covid outbreaks in 44 cities across 20 provinces
From October 17th to November 5th, some 918 confirmed cases of Covid have been reported in China, with the current wave hitting 44 cities across 20 provinces with viral chains linked back to multiple imported sources which are unrelated to each other. More...
South Korea: Nearly half of recent Covid cases in Seoul are vaccine breakthrough infections
“Of the 646 new cases confirmed in Seoul on Sunday, 49.4 percent, or 319 cases, were breakthrough cases,” Park Yoo-mi, a disease control official at the Seoul metropolitan government, said in a briefing. More...