Category: Science
Scientific articles about the coronavirus
12 more UK B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant cases in Denmark, now 46 in total.
“The Statens Serum Institut (SSI) has received new sequencing results for the English virus variant SARS-CoV-2 Cluster B.1.1.7. More...
Estimated transmissibility and severity of novel SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern 202012/01 in England
“..the increase in transmissibility is likely to lead to a large increase in incidence, with COVID-19 hospitalisations and deaths projected to reach higher levels in 2021 than were observed in 2020, even if regional tiered restrictions implemented before 19 December are maintained”. More...
1 in 1,000 Americans have died from Covid-19 in just 10 months
A total of 331,116 Americans have died from Covid-19 as of 3 p.m. More...
BioNTech vaccine developer: ‘Coronavirus will stay with us for another ten years’
First effect of vaccination ‘in three months’
The German Biontech/Pfizer vaccine that wants to protect the whole world against corona, will not bring about a decrease in the sky-high infections this winter. More...
UK coronavirus variant B.1.1.7, N501Y found in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Two cases of British coronavirus mutation found in Amsterdam
A highly contagious mutation of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus which was linked to two weeks of rising infections in the United Kingdom has also been found in two people in the region of Amsterdam. More...
USA has only sequenced 51, 000 coronavirus samples from 17 million infections
Have we seen this variant in the United States? More...
Covid19 reaches Antarctica – 36 people infected
Coronavirus has now reached the last continent on Earth with the first cases identified in Antarctica. More...
COG-UK update on SARS-CoV-2 Spike mutations of special interest
“This report provides background context on mutation tracking by COG-UKand describes a priority set of SARS-CoV-2 Spike mutations that are of particular interest based on potential epidemiological significance in the UK and/or biological evidence based on the literature or unpublished work. More...
B.1.1.7 Coronavirus mutation also reported in Iceland, Denmark, Belgium, Australia, Italy & Netherlands
“The governments of Australia, Italy and the Netherlands say they detected cases of the new strain. More...
Coronavirus mutation B.1.1.7 has probably long been in Germany. The problem is laboratories don’t look closely enough.
“Richard Neher, who heads the Research Center Evolution of Bacteria and Viruses at the University of Basel, explains: The increase in the infectivity of the variant is “primarily estimated from the rate at which it displaces other variants”. More...