Category: France
XBB.1.9.1 – a new variant of concern? – 4 updates
XBB.1.9.1, a new recombinant subvariant that is suddenly cropping up across the globe, is causing some concern amongst epidemiologists. More...
Luc Montagnier: 26 Cases of CJD after vaccination
Luc Montagnier, Nobel prize winner and co-discoverer of HIV, warns of an alarming new variant of CJD appearing in some patients after Covid vaccination. More...
Europe: Another record-breaking Covid winter wave predicted
These European Covid-19 infection charts do NOT look good – almost every country in Europe has a higher Covid case level now than before the huge Omicron winter wave of 2021. More...
Lancet: Evidence of human-to-dog transmission of monkeypox virus
“Here we describe the first case of a dog with confirmed monkeypox virus infection that might have been acquired through human transmission.” More...
Omicron BA.4.6 at 4 percent of all US sequences
Omicron BA.4.6, a subvariant of BA.4, has been attracting some media attention over the past few days. More...
Israel: Three cases of BA.2.75 found in passengers from France and India
Three cases of the BA.2.75 coronavirus variant have been found in Israel, the Health Ministry announced on Sunday. More...
France: Deaths up 12% in one week as BA.5 increases its share
All the Covid indicators in France are currently heading in the wrong direction as BA.5 continues to increase its share of sequences. More...
France: BA.5 now dominant, Covid cases up by more than 50% in one week
BA.5 at 59%, sharp increase in Covid cases in all regions and age groups, hospital admission rate rising. More...
France: First case of Monkeypox in a child
“The Regional Health Agency (ARS) Île-de-France informs of the occurrence of a first confirmed case of monkeypox in a child attending primary school in the region.” More...
Europe: 2022 summer covid wave already larger than European winter wave of 2020
Despite an almost complete lack of Covid testing across Europe, case numbers in the current summer wave are already higher than last year’s summer wave of 2021, AND the winter wave of 2020. More...