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Long Covid: Lung abnormalities found in patients with breathlessness
Researchers have identified abnormalities in the lungs of long COVID patients with breathlessness but whose other tests are normal. More...
UKHSA: Omicron BA.2 has higher growth rate and higher attack rate than BA.1
BA.2 has an increased growth rate compared to BA.1 in all regions of England where there are sufficient cases present to make an assessment. More...
UKHSA: Risk assessment for Omicron BA.2
The latest risk assessment of the BA.2 strain from the UKHSA. More...
Hong Kong: Transmission of Sars-CoV-2 Delta strain from hamsters to humans and onward human propagation of the adapted strain
Two separate transmission events from Syrian hamsters to humans are documented, one leading to onward household spread. More...
Denmark: Increase in Covid hospitalizations into psychiatric care *17 UPDATES*
There’s been a noticeable change in the nature of Covid hospitalizations in Denmark over the past three weeks. More...
NeoCoV – the closest MERS-CoV relative yet discovered in bats
In this study, we unexpectedly found that NeoCoV and its close relative, PDF-2180-CoV, can efficiently use some types of bat Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and, less favorably, human ACE2 for entry. More...
France: Sars-CoV-2 detected in domestic rabbits
We tested 144 pet rabbits in France between November 2020 and June 2021 for antibodies to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
We found one sample seropositive for both antigens and another positive only for RBD. More...
USA: White tailed deer positive for Sars-CoV-2 in New Jersey, New York, Minnesota, Pennsylvania
Two free-ranging deer have tested positive for Sars-CoV-2 in New Jersey. More...
France: Two wild badgers and three martens test positive for Sars-CoV-2
In Brittany, seropositivity for SARS-CoV-2 was detected in five wild mustelids out of 32 animals tested. More...
Denmark: Omicron, BA.1 and BA.2 Risk Assessment for January 2022
The full document “Risk assessment for the development of the Covid-19 epidemic” from Denmark’s SSI, dated 22nd January 2022, translated into English. More...