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B.1.1.529 Omicron: Valve-style face mask may have caused cross-infection between vaccinated, quarantined patients

A Covid-19 patient whose valve-style face mask was blamed for a cross infection in a quarantine hotel last week has been found to be carrying a new variant of the virus with a high number of mutations, marking the first known appearance of the strain in Hong Kong. More...

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Prostacyclin could help the most severely affected Covid-19 patients in ICU

A research team headed by Prof. Pär Johansson from the Department of Clinical Immunology at Rigshospitalet has investigated whether treatment with prostacyclin can help patients by reducing damage to the endothelial cells, which lines the inside of all blood vessels. More...

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Preprint: vaccinated persons are no less infectious than unvaccinated persons

A total of 978 specimens were provided by 95 participants, of whom 78 were fully vaccinated and 17 were not fully vaccinated. More...

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South Africa: Omicron variant B.1.1.529 has outcompeted Delta in just two weeks

South Africa held a press conference today to give more information on the new SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.529. More...

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Vaccinated are more likely to be infected with Covid-19

“We must recognise that unvaccinated people are unlikely to cause any more risk to others than the vaccinated, and perhaps less.” More...

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Slovakia: Two week Covid lockdown introduced

Slovakia will be put in lockdown for two weeks from Thursday, November 25th 2021. More...

November 24, 2021 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, Deaths, Europe, Hospitalization, Infection, Lockdown, Slovakia, Transmission, Vaccine Breakthrough, Vaccine Waning

Croatia: 2 lions infected with Covid at Zagreb zoo

COVID-19 has been found in the feces and nose swabs of two lions in the Zagreb zoo, which is the first confirmation of this virus in a species in a Croatian zoo, the Agriculture Ministry said on Wednesday. More...

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CDC: Addition of SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 chimeric viruses to select agents and toxins list

Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Division of Select Agents and Toxins published an Interim Final Rule adding SARS-CoV/SARS-CoV-2 chimeric viruses resulting from any deliberate manipulation of SARS-CoV-2 to incorporate nucleic acids coding for SARS-CoV virulence factors to the list of HHS select agents and toxins. More...