Category: Infection
Netherlands: compulsory social distancing returns
Social distancing and keeping 1.5 metres apart is to become compulsory again in the Netherlands from Wednesday 25th November, the Dutch justice ministry has announced. More...
UK: Fully vaccinated up to 29 times more likely to catch Covid
The latest UKHSA vaccine report is out, and the vaccine breakthrough figures are simply jaw-dropping. More...
Slovakia Health Minister calls for three week full lockdown
The Slovakian Minister of Health, Vladimír Lengvarský, is calling for a three-week Covid lockdown for everyone. More...
Italy: Up to 70% of patients with moderate to severe Covid-19 report neurological symptoms 6 months later
Up to 70% of patients with moderate to severe Covid-19 report neurological symptoms 6 months later, including chronic fatigue (34%), disturbances memory/concentration (32%), sleep (31%), muscle aches (30%) ) and depression and anxiety (27%). More...
Austria: 40% vaccine breakthrough for symptomatic Covid infections
In the past four calendar weeks, 40 percent of 106,336 symptomatic infections in Austria were fully vaccinated. More...
UK: 600 babies born prematurely to mothers hospitalised by Covid
More than 600 babies have been born prematurely and needing critical care to mothers hospitalised by Covid-19 in the UK. More...
Preprint: Emergence and widespread circulation of a recombinant SARS-CoV-2 lineage in North America
We present a detailed phylogenetic analysis of four SARS-CoV-2 lineages (B.1.627, B.1.628, B.1.631 and B.1.634) in order to investigate the possibility of virus recombination among them. More...
Mandatory covid vaccines in Germany ‘unavoidable’
Germany’s tourism commissioner says he expects COVID-19 vaccines will become mandatory in the country, as cases surge there and elsewhere in Europe. More...
Covid causes brain damage, even in mild cases
“We’re following about 700 patients here at McGovern. We’ve looked and found dramatic increases in brain injury markers in the blood of people with Covid,” said Dr. More...
Netherlands: Gorillas and lions infected with Covid at Rotterdam zoo
Several gorillas and lions at Rotterdam’s Blijdorp Zoo have tested positive for coronavirus, which they may have picked up from an employee without any symptoms, the zoo confirmed. More...