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UKHSA suspends routine Covid testing in hospitals and care homes

More than 800 staff are due to be lost from UK health protection teams across the country in the coming months, a reduction of 40% from the current 2,000 members of staff. More...

April 26, 2022April 28, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Antigen, Coronavirus, Deaths, Elderly, England, Health, Healthcare, Hospitalization, Infection, London, Northern Ireland, PCR, Scotland, Testing, Transmission, UK, Wales

UK: Covid infection of 505 days is a new record

King’s College London researchers have described the longest known COVID-19 infection. More...

April 24, 2022July 10, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, Deaths, England, Healthcare, Hospitalization, Infection, London, Mutation, PCR, Symptoms, Transmission, UK

France: XD recombinant lacks a competitive advantage over BA.2

France has just published a new risk analysis for SARS-CoV-2 variants circulating in the country. More...

April 23, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com BA.1, BA.2, Coronavirus, France, Genome, Infection, Omicron, Recombinants, Recombination, Reinfection, Testing, Transmission, XD

Italy: Omicron recombinants XJ and XL at 32% of sequences in Sardinia

Recent Italian SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing information has shown that the Omicron BA1/BA2 recombinants XJ and XL are making strong headway on the island of Sardinia. More...

April 23, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, Europe, Genome, Infection, Italy, Recombinants, Recombination, Testing, Transmission, XJ, XL

Preprint: Rates of COVID-19 among unvaccinated adults with prior infection

Prior COVID-19 (in the unvaccinated) was associated with protection of 85% against any recurrent COVID-19, 88% against hospitalization for COVID-19, and 83% against COVID-19 not requiring hospitalization. More...

April 22, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, Deaths, Health, Healthcare, Hospitalization, Infection, PCR, Reinfection, Testing, Transmission, Vaccine, Vaccine Breakthrough, Vaccine Waning

Spain: Fully boosted healthcare worker reinfected with SARs-CoV-2 after just 20 days

A fully boosted 31-year-old Spanish woman has contracted two different SARS-CoV-2 variants within three weeks. More...

April 21, 2022April 21, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, Delta, Europe, Genome, Healthcare, Infection, Moderna, Omicron, PCR, Recurrence, Reinfection, Revaccination, Spain, Symptoms, Testing, Transmission, Vaccine Breakthrough

China: 50 SARS-CoV-2 sequences uploaded to Gisaid

Gisaid have published a report recently on fifty SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences uploaded by China which seems to have gone largely unnoticed by the mainstream media. More...