Category: Testing
A SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus lineage A variant (A.23.1) with altered spike has emerged and is dominating the current Uganda epidemic
February 2021: We report here newly emerging A sub-lineages, A.23 and A.23.1, encoding replacements in the spike protein, nsp6, ORF8 and ORF9, with A.23.1 the major virus lineage now observed in Kampala. More...
Colombia: novel highly divergent coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 lineage with the Spike substitutions L249S and E484K, assigned to the B.1.111 lineage
Here we report a novel and highly divergent lineage with 21 characteristic mutations, including 10 non-synonymous, 8 synonymous and 3 mutations in non-coding regions (5’and 3’ UTR and intergenic region). More...
France: Breton coronavirus variant of interest 20C/H655Y now under national surveillance
France: novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 variant derived from Clade 19B with spike substitutions N501Y, L452R, and H655Y – named HMN.19B or Henri Mondor variant
We report a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 variant derived from clade 19B (HMN.19B variant or Henri Mondor variant). More...
Pediatric household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection
This study suggests that younger children are more likely to transmit SARS-CoV-2 infection compared to older children, and the highest odds of transmission was observed for children aged 0-3 years. More...
A unique SARS-CoV-2 spike protein P681H strain detected in Israel
Characterization of the Israeli P681H strain: The P681H strain presents as a cluster in a phylogenetic tree of all sequenced samples in Israel, distinct from the B.1.1.7 Pangolin lineage, which also contains the P681H mutation. More...
Brazil: new variant of coronavirus is detected in Sorocaba – similar to South Africa variant
The director of Butantan Institute, Dimas Covas, confirmed that a variant of the coronavirus similar to that of South Africa was detected in Sorocaba, in the interior of the state. More...
Belgium: number of coronavirus patients in hospitals reaches four-month high
254 new Covid-19 patients were being hospitalised in Belgium each day on average between 25 and 31 March. More...
Over a million people in Britain are living with long-Covid.
More than a million people in the UK were experiencing “long Covid” in a recent four-week period, according to new survey figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). More...
Canada: Coronavirus hospitalizations, ICU Admissions and deaths associated with the new variants of concern
New variants of concern (VOCs) now account for 67% of all Ontario SARS-CoV-2 infections. More...