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France: XD recombinant lacks a competitive advantage over BA.2
France has just published a new risk analysis for SARS-CoV-2 variants circulating in the country. More...
Italy: Omicron recombinants XJ and XL at 32% of sequences in Sardinia
Recent Italian SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing information has shown that the Omicron BA1/BA2 recombinants XJ and XL are making strong headway on the island of Sardinia. More...
Preprint: Rates of COVID-19 among unvaccinated adults with prior infection
Prior COVID-19 (in the unvaccinated) was associated with protection of 85% against any recurrent COVID-19, 88% against hospitalization for COVID-19, and 83% against COVID-19 not requiring hospitalization. More...
UK: The deadly legacy of Britain’s Covid-19 “Freedom Day” – 2,646 deaths in one week
Nearly one year ago, on July 19th 2021, the UK announced its “Freedom Day” from Covid-19. More...
Spain: Fully boosted healthcare worker reinfected with SARs-CoV-2 after just 20 days
A fully boosted 31-year-old Spanish woman has contracted two different SARS-CoV-2 variants within three weeks. More...
Research: SARS-CoV-2 spike gene passaged in black rats
Hexapeptide vocabularies of the SARS-CoV-2 spike gene showed the shortest immunological T-distance to black rats. More...
Preprint: residual SARS-CoV-2 found in human tissue after 426 days
“We believe this study is the first to detect viral RNA and/or antigen in the tissues of patients with Long Covid, up to 426 days after the onset of COVID-19 symptoms.” More...
Paxlovid: Covid-19 infections rebounding a few days after treatment *4 UPDATES*
There are some anecdotal reports on social media today about Covid-19 infections rebounding a few days after taking Paxlovid. More...
South Korea: XE and XM recombinants may be ‘domestic occurrence’
South Korea’s health authority has detected the XE and XM SARS_CoV-2 recombinant mutations for the first time.
They say the vegetables have viruses
Another viral video, this one showing PPE clad workers digging up a vegetable patch, with a caption that says “My life is so bitter, all the vegetables are shovelled. More...