Category: Testing
Russia: WIV “did absolutely insane things in my opinion, for example, insertions into the genome”
“In China, scientists at the Wuhan Laboratory have been actively developing various variants of the coronavirus for more than 10 years. More...
India: Shi Zhengli, October 2019 – Filovirus antibodies in humans and bats imply zoonotic spillover
India, October 2019, Zhengli Shi et al: “We present evidence for prior exposure of bat harvesters and two resident fruit bat species to filovirus surface glycoproteins… Our results indicate circulation of several filoviruses in bats and the possibility for filovirus transmission from bats to humans. More...
Massachusetts: more than 4,300 coronavirus breakthrough cases reported – up 28% in a week
There have been more than 4,300 breakthrough cases reported in Massachusetts as of May 31, according to the state Department of Public Health. More...
Oregon: vaccine breakthrough cases up 65% in May 2021
Through May 31 2021, Oregon Health Authority identified 1,009 COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases. More...
India: 1.6% coronavirus vaccine breakthrough rate in study of healthcare workers
India’s largest yet data analysis of the so-called breakthrough infections after inoculation with Covishield [AstraZeneca] has found that 16 in every 1,000 fully vaccinated healthcare workers developed Covid-19 infections, about threefold the incidence observed in a US study after Pfizer or Moderna doses. More...
India: zoo worker tests a white tiger for coronavirus at Ranchi Zoo
All 21 felines in Jharkhand’s Ranchi Zoo – right from 1.3 years tiger cubs to 14-year-old Mallik- are undergoing Covid-19 test to rule out chances of infection in the wake of death of tiger Shiva down with fever for three days, an official said Saturday. More...
Australia: “non-infectious chronic shedder” tests positive after discharge from coronavirus quarantine hotel
Australian health authorities are contacting scores of people in Western Australia after a man tested positive to COVID-19 after being released from the state’s quarantine hotels. More...
Vietnam: No new hybrid coronavirus strain detected in Vietnam says WHO
“There is no new hybrid variant in Vietnam at this moment based on WHO definition,” Kidong Park, the WHO representative in Vietnam, told Nikkei Asia on Wednesday. More...
Preprint: Persistent coronavirus infection and intra-host evolution in association with advanced HIV infection
“Here we present a case of prolonged infection of greater than 6 months with shedding of high titer SARS-CoV-2 in an individual with advanced HIV and antiretroviral treatment failure. More...
India: Shiva the tiger dies of suspected coronavirus infection at Ranchi zoo – 9 other tigers suspected infected
A tiger named Shiva, suffering from fever and other Covid-like symptoms, died at Ranchi’s Bhagwan Birsa Munda Biological Park on Thursday night. More...