Category: Science
Scientific articles about the coronavirus
Anders Tegnell’s coronavirus strategy should have been successful in Sweden. He was completely wrong
“You must not judge us yet”, said Anders Tegnell in the spring of 2020, while the whole world looked at the open Swedish strategy and the accompanying high death toll. More...
Second case of variant Fin-796H confirmed in Finland. Four more Fin796H infections likely
Vita Laboratories and the University of Helsinki report that the variant Fin-796H has now been found in another patient. More...
First case of the P.1 Brazil coronavirus variant found in Denmark with mutations N501Y, K417T & E484K
Denmark’s SSI: The Technical University of Denmark, DTU, has found a case of the P1 variant, which was originally detected in Brazil. More...
11 escaped mink tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus antibodies in Utah
“Serum samples from the 11 mink escapees tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies by virus neutralization”
We captured 102 mammals (78 rodents and 24 mesocarnivores). More...
Genomics and epidemiology of a novel SARS-CoV-2 lineage in Manaus, Brazil P1 coronavirus
Through genome sequencing of viruses sampled in Manaus between November 2020 and January 2021, we identified the emergence and circulation of a novel SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern, lineage P.1, that acquired 17 mutations, including a trio in the spike protein (K417T, E484K and N501Y) associated with increased binding to the human ACE2 receptor. More...
Brazilian coronavirus variant P1 at 4.3% in Umbria, Tuscany, Lazio, and Marche in Italy
“in our territory, in particular in some regions of central Italy ,there is an estimated prevalence of the Brazilian variant of 4.3%, not in the whole country, but in Umbria, Tuscany, Lazio, Marche”. More...
Nigerian coronavirus variant B1525 isolated in Brescia, Italy. Mutations include E484K, Q677H, F888L and a similar suite of deletions to B.1.1.7.
The Nigerian variant of Covid has been isolated in Brescia. More...
Austria and Denmark to work with Israel on future coronavirus vaccines – EU ‘too slow’
Austria’s chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, described the EU’s vaccination deployment as “too slow” as he announced that his country and Denmark would work with Israel on protecting their citizens against new coronavirus variants. More...
Raging spread of coronavirus infection at a school in Umeå, Sweden
The spread of infection is rampant at the Prolympia School in Umeå. More...
P1 Manaus coronavirus strain has at least twice the viral load
An analysis of 500 samples collected by the new RT-PCR test detected that the P1 line, discovered in Amazonas, has at least twice the viral load found in the others. More...