Category: Infection
India: Black fungus Mucormycosis with 50% mortality rate affecting coronavirus patients
Black fungus infection Mucormycosis has been on the rise among Covid-19 patients in Ahmedabad for the last 15-20 days, doctors have said.
India: B1617 twice as infectious as UK coronavirus variant B117
Early indications from an analysis of the growth of the B.1.617 variant of the Covid-19 virus has shown it to be at least twice as infectious as the UK variant and thrice as infectious as the variant behind last year’s Covid-19 wave. More...
Brazil: P.1 mutates into new coronavirus variant P.1.2
A new variant of the Brazilian coronavirus has been identified this week, according to Rio de Janeiro health authorities. More...
UK: Delta coronavirus variant B.1.617.2 already outcompeting B.1.1.7 in some areas of Britain
UK GOV: “B.1.617.2 has spread rapidly in India based on available data. More...
UK: surge testing for Delta coronavirus VOC B.1.617.2 begins in Bolton as some areas see 500% increase in cases
Mobile Covid-19 testing units are being rolled out in Bolton as surge testing gets underway in the borough’s coronavirus hotspots. More...
Nepal: highest-ever number of new coronavirus cases in last 24 hours at 9,196
Nepal recorded a total of 9,196 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours. More...
France: 40 cases of Breton variant B.1.616 (20C/655Y) with coronavirus mutations D614G, H655Y, G669S & V482A
As of April 28, 40 cases of infection with the 20C/655Y (B.1.616) variant have been confirmed (37 in Brittany, three in other regions). More...
UK: B.1.617 found in 24% of coronavirus sequences in Bolton, mostly new Delta VOC B.1.617.2
Following a rise in cases in the UK and evidence of community transmission, PHE has reclassified B.1.617.2 as a Variant of Concern (VOC). More...
UK government poised to declare Delta coronavirus B.1.617 a Variant of Concern or VOC
The UK government is thought to have detected more than 40 clusters of the Indian Covid variant B.1.617 in the UK, and is on the verge of declaring it a “variant of concern”.
India: The stunning rise of the B.1.617.2 [Delta] coronavirus variant
Professor Christina Pagel: [B.1.617.2] rapidly became dominant in India and, again, the sequenced data there is sparse, but early modelling shows that it might well be more transmissible than our B.1.1.7 Kent strain. More...