Category: Finland
A huge wave of Covid-19 deaths is rolling across the globe *1 Update*
A huge winter wave of Covid deaths is spreading across the world, almost entirely unreported by the mainstream media. More...
Preprint: Mink can be infected by Omicron and efficiently transmit the virus to other mink
To study whether mink can transmit Omicron, we placed 2 uninfected indirect contact mink in separate cages 10–20 cm from the cages of the infected mink and followed their progress for 10 days. More...
West European summer Covid wave brewing *6 updates, 1 prediction*
A new western European summer Covid wave appears to be developing, with increases in cases in countries that also saw large waves in the summer of 2021. More...
Thailand: first cases of XE and XJ recombinants reported
Thailand has reported its first cases of Omicron XE and XJ. More...
SARS-CoV-2 potential recombinants in Brazil, Belgium, France, Netherlands, US, Finland, Puerto Rico, Spain
SARS_CoV-2 recombinants seem to have been popping up across the globe recently. More...
Potential Omicron BA.1/BA.2 recombinant variants in Denmark and Finland
More reports of a SARS-CoV-2 recombinant variants have surfaced today, this time between the two Omicron variants BA.1 and BA.2, with 43 sequences in Denmark, and eight sequences found in Finland. More...
Preprint: Omicron BA.1 infection in mink leads to symptomatic disease with lung pathology and transmission
Experimental infection of American mink with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant BA.1 show that minks remain virus RNA positive for days, develop clinical signs and histopathological changes, and transmit the virus to uninfected recipient. More...
Europe: Another huge Covid wave is building right across the continent
Almost every country in Europe is now seeing a big increase in Covid cases. More...
Finland: 50% of infected adults have long COVID
Long COVID could become one of Finland’s largest groups of chronic diseases, according to a Finnish government Minister. More...
Finland suspends vaccine passports – “triple vaccination is not a guarantee that you are not infected”
In Finland, vaccination passports are suspended for three weeks until 17 January. More...