Category: Testing
More than 5,000 infected children affected by coronavirus in Islamabad, Pakistan
Hospitals in Islamabad are reporting an overwhelming number of patients in the age bracket from the newborns to 10-year old causing alarm for the authorities. More...
Antibodies for coronavirus found in stray cats and dogs in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
To investigate previous SARS-CoV-2 exposure, serum samples of all 96 animals were tested for the detection of SARS-CoV-2-neutralizing antibodies. More...
Israel: Covid-19 reinfection hits 1 in a 1,000 – coronavirus variants may fuel it
Largest study in world followed about a fifth of COVID-positive Israelis after recovery, and found 154 got reinfected, indicating immunity is high but far from absolute
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France and Sweden’s daily coronavirus case rate now exceeds that of Brazil
France’s daily case rate per million people: 571 | Sweden’s daily case rate per million people: 539 | Brazil’s daily case rate per million people: 354
Emergence of N antigen SARS-CoV-2 genetic variants escaping detection of antigenic coronavirus tests
While conducting a large validation study on the Abbott Panbio™ COVID-19 Ag test, we noticed that some swab samples failed to generate a positive result in spite of a high viral load in Rt-PCR assays. More...
France: New national coronavirus lockdown announced, schools closed
Emmanuel Macron has announced that restrictions currently covering parts of France will be extended nationally. More...
Sudden rise in COVID-19 case fatality among young and middle-aged adults in the south of Brazil after identification of the novel B.1.1.28.1 (P.1) SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus strain
Individuals between 20 and 29 years of age whose diagnosis was made in February 2021 had an over 3-fold higher risk of death compared to those diagnosed in January 2021, while those aged 30-39, 40-49, 50-59 years experienced 93%, 110%, and 80% increases in risk of death, respectively. More...
A novel variant of interest of SARS-CoV-2 with multiple spike mutations detected through travel surveillance [Angola/Tanzania]
“We detected a new VOI in three incoming travelers from Tanzania who were tested together at the airport in mid-February. More...
Florida: coronavirus variants including B.1.1.7 and P.1 double in one week
Florida, which was already the country’s hardest-hit state for two kinds of coronavirus variants, more than doubled its tally of the variants in a report released Sunday by the Centers for Disease Control. More...
New coronavirus variant in Tanzania has “10 more mutations than have been found on any other version”
The most mutated variant of the coronavirus yet was found in travellers from Tanzania. More...