Category: Infection
Norway: Nearly 100 Omicron infections from one Oslo Christmas party
Another 20-30 people have been registered infected with Covid after a Christmas dinner at a restaurant in Oslo at the end of November. More...
Sweden: 30 infected with Covid after hospital ICU staff party with 400 people including Anders Tegnell
Two weeks ago, the department of intensive care, surgery and anesthesia at Sahlgrenska University Hospital had a training day with a closing party at a hotel in Gothenburg. More...
Norway: 37,000 people tested for Covid following tractor fair outbreak
37,000 Norwegians have been asked to test themselves following a Covid infection outbreak at a trade fair. More...
Preprint: Increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection associated with emergence of the Omicron variant in South Africa
332 individuals were identified who had three suspected infections. More...
Norway: Omicron superspreader event sees about 60 fully vaccinated people infected
An outbreak of between 50-60 infections in fully vaccinated individuals in Frogner, west Oslo, has been linked to the Omicron variant. More...
Canada: SARS-CoV-2 found in white-tailed deer
Canada has confirmed the first detections of SARS-CoV-2 in three free-ranging white-tailed deer. More...
Omicron at 74% of South African genome sequences in November
Stunning figures showing the explosive growth of the new Omicron variant in South Africa. More...
Israeli doctor believes he caught Omicron variant of Covid in London
Cardiologist Elad Maor suspects he caught virus at conference attended by more than 1,200 people. More...
Greece: €100 a month fine for being unvaccinated
Greece said on Tuesday it would make Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory for people aged 60 and over, a drastic step for the country grappling with a new surge in coronavirus cases. More...
Moderna: Vaccines will be less effective with Omicron
Stéphane Bancel, Moderna’s chief executive, warned that it could take months for pharmaceutical companies to produce new variant-specific vaccines at the scale required should Omicron become the dominant strain. More...