Category: Asia
Asian Coronavirus News
Japan finds Moderna vaccine vials contaminated with stainless steel
Moderna and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd on Wednesday said they are working with Japanese authorities to recall three batches of COVID-19 vaccine after an investigation found stainless steel contaminants in some vials. More...
Malaysia: 18% vaccine breakthrough of cases in August 2021
About 17.8 per cent, or 68,629 of 385,542 new Covid-19 cases reported in Malaysia since August 12, were fully vaccinated. More...
Global Covid waves triggered by phases of the moon?
Headsup: We have nothing to go on for this post apart from a hunch. More...
Long Covid: 49% of patients still have at least one symptom after 12 months
1276 COVID-19 survivors were studied. The proportion of patients with at least one sequelae symptom decreased from 68% at 6 months to 49% at 12 months. More...
AY.4 Delta sub-lineage now predominant in UK and Australia, rising in the US
A post on the AY.4 sub-lineage of the Delta Sars-Cov-2 variant. More...
Delta vaccine breakthroughs in healthcare staff in Vietnam
Between 11th–25th June 2021, 69 healthcare workers were tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. More...
Having SARS-CoV-2 once confers much greater immunity than Pfizer vaccine
“The natural immune protection that develops after a SARS-CoV-2 infection offers considerably more of a shield against the Delta variant of the pandemic coronavirus than two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, according to a large Israeli study that some scientists wish came with a “Don’t try this at home” label. More...
Vaccine waning studies show large declines in efficacy against infection for Covid-19 vaccines
More...A summary table of the studies that have assessed mRNA vaccine effectiveness (VE) for Delta infections, updated with reports from yesterday, overall in line with estimate ~50-60%; *does not pertain* to high VE for hospitalizations or deaths pic.twitter.com/7LxvLoelUI
5 billion Covid-19 vaccinations administered globally
5 billion Covid-19 vaccines have been given to 2 billion people on Earth. More...
Preprint: Molecular evidence for SARS-CoV-2 in samples collected since late summer 2019 in Lombardy
435 samples from 156 cases were investigated. RNA isolated from oropharyngeal swabs and urine was screened by hemi-nested PCRs targeting key sites for viral typing. More...