Category: Vaccine

Preprint: BA.2.12.1, BA.4, and BA.5 substantially escape neutralizing antibodies

These data show that the BA.2.12.1, BA.4, and BA.5 subvariants substantially escape neutralizing antibodies induced by both vaccination and infection.  More...

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France: BA.5 at 41% of sequences in week 24, 2022

“Progressive replacement of BA.2 by BA.5 with a strong increase in detection (41%), increased presence of the mutation at position L452 in screening (64% in week 24 vs 47% in week 23), linked to the increase of certain Omicron sub-lineages including BA.4 and BA.5.”  More...

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Germany: Fourth Covid vaccination offered for “a quieter and symptom-free summer”

Germany’s health minister Karl Lauterbach has announced plans to offer every citizen a fourth Covid vaccination so that they can have “a quieter and symptom-free summer”.  More...

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