Category: Science
Scientific articles about the coronavirus
Vietnam: 4,000 people from Bac Giang quarantined after coronavirus outbreak
Bac Giang province will move all 4,000 workers and people at the Covid-19 outbreak in Nui Hieu village, Quang Chau commune, Viet Yen district, to concentrated isolation. More...
Vietnam: Young coronavirus patients with no underlying health conditions have ‘white lungs after a few days of Covid-19 symptoms’
Deputy Director of the Medical Examination and Treatment Administration, Vietnamese Ministry of Health, assessed that young people without underlying diseases develop lung damage very quickly, just a few days after symptoms appear white on both sides of the lungs. More...
Israel: some myocarditis cases linked to coronavirus vaccines
“There is a likelihood of a connection between receiving a second dose of vaccine and the onset of myocarditis in young men aged 16-30.” More...
Preprint: B.1.617 coronavirus variants show enhanced spike cleavage by furin
“The spike (S) glycoprotein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that emerged in 2019 contained a suboptimal furin cleavage site at the S1/S2 junction with the sequence 681 PRRAR/S 686. More...
Spain: SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus found in Barcelona sewage in March 2019
“SARS-CoV-2 was detected in Barcelona sewage long before the declaration of the first COVID-19 case, indicating that the infection was present in the population before the first imported case was reported. More...
China: 2,468 coronavirus cases, 75 hospitalised in Guangdong after Delta B16172 variant outbreak
As of Sunday 30th May 2021, Guangdong had recorded a total of 2,468 cases with 1,035 of them imported.
Italy: WHO retests patient samples from September 2019 that tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 RBD-specific antibodies
Samples from a study suggesting the coronavirus was circulating outside China by October 2019 have been retested at the World Health Organization’s request, two scientists who led the Italian research said. More...
WHO announce new names for Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus variants
The WHO have announced new names for the confusingly named sars-cov-2 variants. More...
Australia: B16172 Delta coronavirus variant spreading in the community via “fleeting contact”
Australian COVID-19 testing commander Jeroen Weimar said authorities were now concerned about examples of transmission with very little contact between cases. More...
USA: Two lionesses test positive for coronavirus in Pittsburgh Zoo, Pennsylvania
Two female lions at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in people.