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Denmark: Omicron BA.2 predicted to cause 100% of infections within 10 days

Denmark’s Statens Serum Institut have published a report on the growth of the BA.2 sub-lineage. More...

February 4, 2022February 12, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com BA.1, BA.2, Children, Coronavirus, Deaths, Denmark, Europe, Healthcare, Hospitalization, Infection, Omicron, Pfizer/Biontech, Reinfection, Transmission, Vaccine, Vaccine Breakthrough, Vaccine Waning

Preprint: SARS-CoV-2 invades the brain and activates an Alzheimers-like program

Here, we show that SARS-CoV-2 invades the brains of five patients with COVID-19 and Alzheimers, autism, frontotemporal dementia or no underlying condition by infecting neurons and other cells in the cortex. More...

February 2, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Children, Coronavirus, Health, Healthcare, Hospitalization, Infection, Mental Heath, Reinfection, Side Effects, Symptoms

Canada: Infants more likely to be hospitalized from Omicron

Omicron cases in infants under one year of age are almost seven times more likely to lead to hospitalizations, Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. More...

February 2, 2022February 2, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Alberta, America, BA.1, BA.2, British Columbia, Canada, Children, Coronavirus, Healthcare, Hospitalization, Infection, MIS-C PIMS, Omicron, Ontario, Quebec, Symptoms, Toronto, Transmission

Omicron: Unexpected cases of children with convulsions

Convulsions may be a sign of the Omicron variant in children with COVID-19

Two boys aged 3 months and 21 months tested positive for the virus and a 14-year-old boy tested negative, but had a cold and family members who had tested positive. More...

February 1, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com BA.1, BA.2, Children, Health, Healthcare, Hospitalization, Infection, Mental Heath, MIS-C PIMS, Omicron, Side Effects, Sweden, Symptoms

Israel: Increase in children suffering from neurological effects of COVID and PIMS

Symptoms include inflammation of brain and seizures. Research published in a leading pediatric neurology journal found 44% of children hospitalized with COVID had at least one neurological symptom as a result of illness. More...

January 31, 2022February 1, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com BA.1, BA.2, Children, Coronavirus, Hospitalization, Infection, Israel, Mental Heath, MIS-C PIMS, Omicron, Side Effects, Symptoms

UK: Covid-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths by vaccination status for week 3, 2022

The latest report by the UK Health and Security Agency giving figures for Covid infections, hospitalizations and deaths by vaccination status for the period up to week 3, 2022. More...