Category: Coronavirus
Coronavirus News
Nearly 2.5 million symptomatic Covid infections reported in the UK
The UK ZOE Covid tracker is showing that there are nearly 2.5 million symptomatic Covid infections in Britain, a figure that has been rising steadily for weeks. More...
Recombination potential between SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV
A June 2021 preprint looking at the potential for a MERS-CoV/SARS-CoV-2 recombination event is receiving a lot of social media attention today following rumours of MERS-CoV/SARS-CoV-2 infections at the World Cup in Qatar. More...
Denmark’s Covid variant soup is turning into a Covid variant smoothie
When we last checked in October 2022, Denmark had sequenced 120 different Covid variants – this month, they have sequenced 249 Covid variants. More...
White Fibrous Clots in Cadavers – watch the ‘Died Suddenly’ video here
Watch the Died Suddenly video here – are the lethal blood clots mentioned by embalmers in the film caused by the Covid-19 vaccines, or by Covid-19 itself? More...
Largest ever Covid wave in China sees over 30,000 new infections a day
The recent relaxation in Covid controls in China comes at a heavy price as the largest Covid wave ever reported takes shape. More...
Recombinant SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 variant found in Chinese bats
A new preprint out today has been looking at viruses in Chinese bats and has turned up some surprises – it looks like a recombinant variant of SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 has been found! More...
UK: Covid on the rise in FIFTH wave of the year
The UK ZOE app is showing Covid cases are once again on then rise in what would be the fifth wave of 2022 in the UK. More...
Preprint: Two thirds of first-wave Covid cases have long Covid
The proportion of patients with at least 1 post–COVID-19 symptom 2 years after acute infection was 59.7% for hospitalized patients and 67.5% for those not requiring hospitalization. More...
Research: 14.6% Paxlovid contraindication rate for hospitalized patients with Covid-19
“We examined the prevalence of contraindications to nirmatrelvir-ritonavir in patients hospitalized with COVID-19. More...
COVID-19 reinfections increase risk of organ failure, death
New research published in Nature Medicine magazine shows the devastating damage that can be caused to the human body by Covid-19 reinfections, with each reinfection increasing the risk, regardless of vaccination status. More...