Category: Coronavirus
Coronavirus News
France: full coronavirus lockdown with school closures demanded by scientists and medics
194 new deaths and nearly 43,000 new cases reported today, Contamination and the number of patients in intensive care remain at high levels, confirming the arrival of a third epidemic wave announced by Olivier Véran. More...
In seven days, the number of coronavirus cases has doubled in Brittany schools
The figures provided this Friday by the rectorate of the Rennes academy are skyrocketing: 108 classes closed in Brittany, twice as many as seven days previously. More...
Belgium: One in four coronavirus patients is in critical care
The number of patients being treated for Covid in intensive care in Belgium has doubled in just over a month. More...
France coronavirus “Breton Variant” French Health Department statement
Variant de clade 20C ayant émergé en Bretagne
Un cluster d’infections par un variant de clade 20C (« variant 20C/H655Y »), a été détecté dans un hôpital des Côtes d’Armor, avec des cas survenus entre janvier et mars 2021. More...
Breton variant: 13 cases of the new coronavirus strain confirmed
Public Health France has indicated that the Breton variant is limited to “a town in Côtes-d’Armor and the distribution of the 20C/H655Y variant therefore seems to be currently limited to this geographical area”. More...
7,398 schoolchildren, college and high school students in Ile-de-France affected by the coronavirus last week
7,398 schoolchildren, college and high school students in Ile-de-France affected by the coronavirus last week. More...
Record new coronavirus infection figures in Poland
The Polish Ministry of Health reports 35,143 new infections and 443 deaths from coronavirus. More...
Timing the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus index case in Hubei province, China
“Consequently, the index case in Hubei likely contracted SARS-CoV-2 on or around 04 November 2019”. More...
Scientists find evidence that novel coronavirus infects the mouth’s cells
An international team of scientists has found evidence that SARS-CoV-2 infects cells in the mouth. More...
U.S. halts distribution of Eli Lilly’s coronavirus antibody treatment bamlanivimab as a monotherapy
The U.S. government has halted distribution of Eli Lilly’s COVID-19 antibody treatment bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) as a monotherapy just four months after it received FDA emergency use authorization, citing a sustained increase in variants of SARS-CoV-2 that are resistant to the monotherapy. More...