Category: Genome
Vaccine breakthrough cases in Washington State to 15th September 2021
This week’s update from Washington State showing vaccine breakthrough cases and which Sars-CoV-2 variant is causing them up to 15th September 2021. More...
UK: Vaccine breakthrough rate for Delta infections is 27% in Technical Briefing 23
The latest UK PHE Technical Briefing 23 has just been published covering the period up to 12th September 2021. More...
Sweden: infected mink found on farm in Skara – “A kind never seen before in Sweden”
A case of SARS-CoV-2 infection in mink has been discovered in connection with the ongoing mandatory disease surveillance that was initiated this summer as a result of an EU decision and which covers all mink farms in the country.
Generation and subsequent transmission of recombinant Sars-CoV-2 viruses within the community
A recent study found evidence for multiple independent recombination events of Sars-CoV-2 viruses sampled from late 2020 to early 2021 in the UK. More...
UK: The Alpha variant rears its ugly head again
A big surprise in the latest UK sequencing figures show that the Alpha variant has made something of a comeback this week. More...
Vaccine breakthrough cases in Washington State to 1st September 2021
This week’s update from Washington State showing vaccine breakthrough cases and which Sars-CoV-2 variant is causing them up to 1st September 2021. More...
Symptomatic Delta Covid infection rate far higher in fully vaccinated healthcare workers
“..our data suggest that vaccine effectiveness against any symptomatic disease is considerably lower against the delta variant and may wane over time since vaccination.” More...
Alaska: 30% vaccine breakthrough in July 2021
“For people who were vaccinated more than 150 days ago, the vaccine effectiveness is about 73% against SARS CoV-2 infection. More...
New C.1.2 variant mutating 41 times a year, twice as fast other known Sars-CoV-2 variants
Scientists first detected C.1.2 in May 2021, finding that it was descended from C.1, which scientists found surprising as C.1 had last been detected in January. More...
Delta vaccine breakthroughs in healthcare staff in Vietnam
Between 11th–25th June 2021, 69 healthcare workers were tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. More...