Category: Infection
Croatia: highest number of Covid cases since the pandemic began
7,094 new cases of Covid-19 virus infection were recorded on November 5th 2021, and the number of active cases in Croatia today is a total of 31,689. More...
Long Covid: Cognitive impairment and psychiatric symptoms may affect up to 76% of patients
A considerable proportion of patients, up to 84% of those with severe COVID-19, show neurological signs and symptoms including anosmia, epileptic seizures, strokes, loss of consciousness and confusion
Beyond 4 weeks after onset, the post-acute COVID-19 syndrome includes cognitive impairment and a range of psychiatric symptoms and may affect up to 76% of patients
Although a direct infection of the brain remains a matter of debate, SARS-CoV-2 viral genomes were detected in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of some patients, supporting the notion that SARS-CoV-2 gains access to the brain
Preprint: The SARS-CoV-2 main protease Mpro causes microvascular brain pathology by cleaving NEMO in brain endothelial cells
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China: Covid outbreaks in 44 cities across 20 provinces
From October 17th to November 5th, some 918 confirmed cases of Covid have been reported in China, with the current wave hitting 44 cities across 20 provinces with viral chains linked back to multiple imported sources which are unrelated to each other. More...
USA: Hyenas test positive for Sars-Cov-2 in Colorado zoo
Two hyenas at the Denver Zoo have tested positive for the coronavirus, the first confirmed cases among the animals worldwide. More...
Prediction: European Covid winter wave of 2021 will be the worst wave of the pandemic so far
This isn’t the most difficult prediction we have ever had to make, but there is no doubt that, despite huge vaccination campaigns across the continent, the winter wave now breaking over Europe will be their worst wave of the pandemic so far. More...
Austria: more than 50% of Covid hospital patients are double vaccinated
“The number of infections among vaccinated people is too high. More...
South Korea: Nearly half of recent Covid cases in Seoul are vaccine breakthrough infections
“Of the 646 new cases confirmed in Seoul on Sunday, 49.4 percent, or 319 cases, were breakthrough cases,” Park Yoo-mi, a disease control official at the Seoul metropolitan government, said in a briefing. More...
Germany: As many Covid patients in ICU as a year ago, deaths are even higher
Despite vaccination, about as many Covid patients are currently being treated in the intensive care unit as a year ago. More...
Belgium: 71% of Flemish hospitalised Covid patients are fully vaccinated
33 patients were in a Flemish hospital with Covid between 16 and 22 October. More...
UK approves oral Covid drug Molnupiravir for use
UK Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid said “Today is a historic day for our country, as the UK is now the first country in the world to approve an antiviral that can be taken at home for COVID-19. More...