Category: Science
Scientific articles about the coronavirus
Bats in Thailand found with coronaviruses similar to Sars-cov-2
Horseshoe bats carrying coronaviruses very similar to the one that causes Covid-19 have been found in Thailand
The study found a coronavirus in the horseshoe bat Rhinolophus acuminatus in Thailand that was 91.5 per cent similar to Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. More...
Kent Sars-Cov-2 variant with E484K mutation found in Bristol named VOC 202102/02
A mutated version of the coronavirus variant first detected in Kent has been classified as a cause for “concern” by scientific advisers to the government. More...
14 people test positive for B.1.1.7 coronavirus in Osnabrück despite having 2nd vaccine jab
14 vaccinated retirement home residents tested positive for B.1.1.7 UK coronavirus variant
There has been an outbreak of the British variant of coronavirus in a retirement and nursing home in the Belm district of Osnabrück in Germany. More...
Single Pfizer vaccine shot 90 per cent effective after 21 days
A single dose of the Pfizer vaccine provides “very high” protection from Covid-19 after 21 days – without a ‘top up’ dose in the recommended time frame, according to a new study from the University of East Anglia. More...
Co-infection with 2 distinct SARS-CoV-2 lineages reported in a patient in Portugal
“The patient had co-infection by two SARS-CoV-2 lineages, which were affiliated in distinct clades and diverging by six variants. More...
Brazil co-infection sees patients infected with two variants of coronavirus at the same time
“We were the first to identify two independent events of co-infection caused by the occurrence of B.1.1.28 (E484K) with either B.1.1.248 or B.1.91 lineages. More...
E484K mutation discovered in COVID-19 variant in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
The new SARS-CoV-2 mutation, E484K, detected in four patients from Jalisco, has some characteristics of its own and differences with the strain identified in Brazil and South Africa, according to the University of Guadalajara. More...
Coronavirus attacks the brain and triggers severe Covid-19 disease in mice
“Our thinking that [Covid-19] is more of a respiratory disease is not necessarily true,” Kumar said. More...
Lancet report: “interim analysis of the phase 3 trial of Gam-COVID-Vac Sputnik V showed 91·6% efficacy against COVID-19”
“Between Sept 7 and Nov 24, 2020, 21 977 adults were randomly assigned to the vaccine group (n=16 501) or the placebo group (n=5476). More...
Oxford University: “vaccine effective against major B.1.1.7 ‘Kent’ coronavirus strain circulating in the UK”
“Data from our trials of the ChAdOx1 vaccine in the United Kingdom indicate that the vaccine not only protects against the original pandemic virus, but also protects against the novel variant, B.1.1.7”
The Oxford University researchers who developed the ChAdOx1-nCoV 19 vaccine have found that it remains effective against one of the new variants of the disease. More...