Category: Europe
European Coronavirus News
Spain: Second case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever diagnosed after death
A second case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) has been confirmed in a deceased man, formerly a resident of the Bierzo region of Spain. More...
The vaccine injured are “the most hated people in modern society”
A member of the vaccine injured group UKCVFamily speaks out about her experiences following vaccination with the Astrazeneca Covid-19 vaccine. More...
Denmark abandons Covid-19 vaccinations for under-18s
“For children and young people under the age of 18, from 1 July 2022 it will no longer be possible to get the 1st injection, and from 1 September 2022 it will no longer be possible to get the 2nd injection.” 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...
Italy: 94 cases and 7 deaths from West Nile Virus
Cases of West Nile Virus infection in humans in Italy have more than doubled in the last week. More...
Diptheria: First case in Switzerland for 40 years
Several people have been infected with diphtheria at a centre for asylum seekers – the first known cases of the bacterial infection in Switzerland in nearly 40 years. More...
Monkeypox: 12 infected at Cadiz tattoo parlour
12 cases of monkeypox have been detected following visits to a tattoo shop in Cádiz, Spain. More...
Monkeypox: Man infected by a second-hand scooter
An extraordinary thread on Twitter today from a man in Spain who is convinced that he was infected with monkeypox after touching the surfaces on a scooter he had just bought second-hand. More...
India: BA.2.75 centaurus outcompetes BA.5 in India
Big news from Nextstrain: the BA.2.75 variant, unofficially nicknamed Centaurus, is now outcompeting BA.5 in India. More...
WHO declares monkeypox a PHEIC as Tedros overrules advisors
One month too late.
The World Health Organisation have finally gotten round to declaring monkeypox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), but only after WHO chief Dr Tedros overrode the views of his own advisors! More...