Category: Testing
Macron goes full Bolsonaro, refuses to consider coronavirus lockdown despite doctors dire assessment
Macron does not give in to pressure from doctors. More...
Spain: fourth coronavirus wave begins as 590 fatalities reported in one day
Covid deaths reported in Spain exceed 75,000 after adding 590 in the last 24 hours. More...
Emergence of a coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 E484K variant of interest in Arizona – VOI B.1.243.1
We sequenced the SARS-CoV-2 genome from 688 positive samples collected from December 28 2020 to March 13 2021 in Arizona, USA. More...
Chile goes into full coronavirus lockdown despite world leading vaccination rates
Chile is a world leader in its coronavirus vaccination program and has already given at least one dose to almost a third of its population. More...
Denmark: Six new Brazilian variant P.1 cases reported
The Danish Minister of Health Magnus Heunicke: “Findings of 6 new cases with P.1, ie. More...
France: full coronavirus lockdown with school closures demanded by scientists and medics
194 new deaths and nearly 43,000 new cases reported today, Contamination and the number of patients in intensive care remain at high levels, confirming the arrival of a third epidemic wave announced by Olivier Véran. More...
In seven days, the number of coronavirus cases has doubled in Brittany schools
The figures provided this Friday by the rectorate of the Rennes academy are skyrocketing: 108 classes closed in Brittany, twice as many as seven days previously. More...
Belgium: One in four coronavirus patients is in critical care
The number of patients being treated for Covid in intensive care in Belgium has doubled in just over a month. More...
France coronavirus “Breton Variant” French Health Department statement
Variant de clade 20C ayant émergé en Bretagne
Un cluster d’infections par un variant de clade 20C (« variant 20C/H655Y »), a été détecté dans un hôpital des Côtes d’Armor, avec des cas survenus entre janvier et mars 2021. More...
Breton variant: 13 cases of the new coronavirus strain confirmed
Public Health France has indicated that the Breton variant is limited to “a town in Côtes-d’Armor and the distribution of the 20C/H655Y variant therefore seems to be currently limited to this geographical area”. More...