Category: Science
Scientific articles about the coronavirus
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...
Spain raises age limit for AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine from 55yrs to 65yrs
Experts admit it will be hard to restore trust in the AstraZeneca vaccine, the use of which is set to restart on Wednesday. More...
WHO: coronavirus leaked report – “virus most probably jumped from bats into farmed animals, before spreading to humans”
The long awaited World Health Organization report on the origins of Sars-Cov-2 has concluded that a leak from a laboratory, while possible, is “extremely unlikely”. 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...
Norway blood clots: “The Norwegian Medicines Agency believes that there is a probable connection with the AstraZeneca vaccine and these rare cases”
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has paused vaccination with COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca after we became aware of cases of serious suspected side effects with the combination of blood clots, bleeding and low platelet counts. More...
Denmark: nearly 20% of coronavirus inpatients are in intensive care
The number of inpatients increases by eight to 200 in the last 23 hours, according to figures from the Statens Serum Institut (SSI).
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...
Italy: coronavirus lockdown extended for another month but schools REOPEN in red zones
Italy in lockdown for another month
Until April 30th no region or province can return to the yellow zone . 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...
Peter Piot: We may get SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus outbreaks every winter
Peter Piot is director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. More...