Category: Science
Scientific articles about the coronavirus
Maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality among pregnant women with and without COVID-19 coronavirus infection
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From March to October last year the INTERCOVID team tracked data on 2,130 pregnant women across the world from Argentina to Russia, including the UK, US, France, Italy and Japan. More...
CDC: 7,157 coronavirus vaccine breakthrough cases with 88 deaths reported in the US
The US CDC has reported 7,157 vaccine breakthrough cases for Covid-19 vaccines as of 20th April 2021. More...
USA: 819 coronavirus vaccine breakthrough cases recorded by Colorado State epidemiologist
State epidemiologist says the state recorded 819 breakthrough cases out of 106,965 total cases from the end of January through April 19. More...
Australia: Victoria shuts border to Perth, hundreds in coronavirus isolation
Victoria, Australia has closed its border to Perth residents after a passenger infected with coronavirus landed at Melbourne Airport.
India: Over 50% of coronavirus genome samples in some Maharahstra cities are “double mutant” B.1.617
Sujeet Singh, director of the Indian National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said that in Maharashtra, the B.1.617 variant was found in proportions of over 50% in many cities. More...
USA: New Texas coronavirus variant BV-1 shows signs of antibody resistance and more severe illness in young people
Scientists at Texas A&M University’s Global Health Research Complex say they’ve detected a new Covid-19 variant that shows signs of a more contagious strain that causes more severe illness and appears to be resistant to antibodies.
UK: AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine blood clot cases double to 168 in two weeks, 32 deaths reported
The risk of a serious blood clot from AstraZeneca jab has doubled in a fortnight, new data show. More...
UK coronavirus variant B.1.1.7 may not have evolved spontaneously in the UK or within human populations
“Here we analyzed 454,443 SARS-CoV-2 spike genes/proteins and 14,427 whole-genome sequences. More...
Thailand: seven medical staff suffered partial paralysis after receiving Sinovac coronavirus vaccine
Seven people suffered from partial paralysis after receiving the Sinovac vaccine, a doctor from Chulalongkorn University said. More...
NEJM: In two coronavirus vaccine breakthrough cases “examination of the SARS-CoV-2 sequences revealed that both patients were infected with variant viruses” .. “neither sequence precisely fit any known clade”
Examination of the SARS-CoV-2 sequences revealed that both patients were infected with variant viruses. More...