Category: Health
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...
Belgium doctor: Our ICU is full of vaccinated patients
Belgian doctor Kristiaan Deckers says all of the patients in ICU at his Antwerp hospital are vaccinated
More...Denmark: Covid infection rate in children is 1,328 cases per 100,000
In Denmark, it is still the children and young people that the infection is highest in right now and at the same time at the highest level during the entire pandemic. More...
Germany: Covid lockdown imminent
German Health Minister Jens Spahn on Friday said that the pandemic situation has worsened over the past week and it’s now “more serious than last week,” adding that the country is facing “a national emergency.” More...
Sweden: “our high death toll can protect against a new wave”
Seriously, this is the headline in one of Sweden’s top newspapers today: “Sweden’s high death toll can protect against a new wave”. More...









