Category: Infection
USA: ABC reporter tests positive for Covid-19 after White House Correspondents’ Dinner *1 UPDATE*
In the least surprising news of 2022, ABC News’ Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl has tested positive for Covid-19 days after sitting next to Kim Kardashian at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and interacting with President Joe Biden. More...
France excludes SARS-CoV-2 in case definition file for hepatitis in kids
In a bizarre twist to the hepatitis in children story we covered earlier this week, we have learned that the French Health Department are now specifically excluding SARS-CoV-2 virus infections as a possible cause for hepatitis in the official case definition file. More...
COVID-19 cognitive impairment equivalent to 20 years of ageing, ten IQ points
Cognitive impairment as a result of severe COVID-19 is similar to that sustained between 50 and 70 years of age and is the equivalent to losing 10 IQ points. More...
Luxembourg: 60% with Covid have at least one symptom a year later
Six in ten people with COVID-19 still have at least one symptom a year later, a new study being presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Lisbon, Portugal (23-26 April) has found. More...
Italy: BA.4 detected in Lombardy
The BA.4 variant, the new Omicron sub-variant under consideration by the World Health Organization (WHO), has been genotyped in Monza, Lombardy. More...
South Africa: Covid-19 remains a threat, we cannot just let the virus spread
“Our message remains again, to say that, Covid-19 remains a threat, it’s not over, and we cannot afford to drop all the prevention measures. More...
USA: BA.2.12.1 has transmission advantage of ~25% over BA.2 – *1 UPDATE*
CDC: “BA.2.12.1 might have a transmission advantage of about 25% over the BA.2 sub variant… The BA.2.12.1 sub variant makes up nearly 30% of sequences identified nationally.” More...
Netherlands: 518 healthcare workers sacked for having Long Covid
518 Dutch healthcare workers have lost their jobs because they suffer from Long Covid and have been off work sick for two years, the Dutch FNV trade union federation said on Friday. More...
UK: Admission and Care of Residents during COVID-19 Incident in a Care Home
Public Health England, April 2020: “Some of these patients may have COVID-19, whether symptomatic or asymptomatic. More...
SARS-CoV-2 may infect bacteria in the gut, act as a bacteriophage
“SARS-CoV-2 could .. infect bacteria in the gut microbiota, indicating that SARS-CoV-2 could act as a bacteriophage”
“Our recent studies show that microorganisms in the human gastrointestinal tract affect the severity of COVID-19 and for the first time provide indications that the virus might replicate in gut bacteria. More...