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Raccoon dogs can be infected with SARS-CoV-2 and can spread it among themselves
The small fox-like animals called raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) can be infected with SARS-CoV-2, and can spread it among themselves. More...
New York Times survey of more than 1,700 American colleges and universities reveals more than 252,000 coronavirus cases and at least 80 deaths since the pandemic began
Thousands of new coronavirus cases continue to emerge on college campuses. More...
CDC: Another 31,000 people could lose their lives to Covid in next three weeks
As nationwide Covid-19 cases soar, the number of hospitalized Americans is also climbing, and experts warn that could lead to a rise in deaths. More...
Le Monde: France’s 60,000 new cases “an underestimate due to computer incident”
“More than 60,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in the last twenty-four hours, according to SPF, which warns that the data of the last days on new contaminations, however record, are incomplete and underestimated, due to ‘a computer “incident” linked to the “enormous” volume of tests being carried out at the mome
France: 60,486 coronavirus infections and 828 Covid deaths
France registered a record 60,486 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday, after posting a record 58,046 on Thursday, health ministry data showed. More...
SARS-CoV-2 found in the small bowels of 50% of study group three months after infection
“Analysis of intestinal biopsies obtained from asymptomatic individuals 3 months after COVID-19 onset, using immunofluorescence, electron tomography or polymerase chain reaction, revealed persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in the small bowel of 7 out of 14 volunteers”
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.03.367391v1 More...
The circulating SARS-CoV-2 spike variant N439K maintains fitness while evading antibody-mediated immunity
SARS-CoV-2 can mutate to evade immunity, with consequences for the efficacy of emerging vaccines and antibody therapeutics. More...
Britons should be paid to take COVID-19 vaccine says Oxford professor
People should be paid to have a COVID-19 jab so the country reaches herd immunity as quickly as possible, a leading ethicist has suggested. More...
Hearing loss is another symptom of Long COVID
Hearing can be impacted by #COVID19, with experts conducting a study into the symptoms around Long Covid. More...