Category: Science
Scientific articles about the coronavirus
Italy: €100 fines for the unvaccinated starting tomorrow
Italy will start to punish those over 50yrs who are not vaccinated with a fine of €100 from tomorrow. More...
UK: NHS vaccine mandate “no longer proportionate”
The UK Health Minister, Sajid Javid, has announced plans to scrap an order forcing all NHS staff in England to get vaccinated against Covid, in a U-turn that will prevent an exodus of many thousands of frontline health workers. More...
Israel: Increase in children suffering from neurological effects of COVID and PIMS
Symptoms include inflammation of brain and seizures. Research published in a leading pediatric neurology journal found 44% of children hospitalized with COVID had at least one neurological symptom as a result of illness. More...
Norway: Covid infections by vaccination status in 2022 *1 UPDATE*
Norway has released its latest report on Covid infections by vaccination status, so we will be keeping track of those figures in this thread. More...
UK: Covid-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths by vaccination status for week 3, 2022
The latest report by the UK Health and Security Agency giving figures for Covid infections, hospitalizations and deaths by vaccination status for the period up to week 3, 2022. More...
UKHSA: Omicron BA.2 has higher growth rate and higher attack rate than BA.1
BA.2 has an increased growth rate compared to BA.1 in all regions of England where there are sufficient cases present to make an assessment. More...
UKHSA: Risk assessment for Omicron BA.2
The latest risk assessment of the BA.2 strain from the UKHSA. More...
Hong Kong: Transmission of Sars-CoV-2 Delta strain from hamsters to humans and onward human propagation of the adapted strain
Two separate transmission events from Syrian hamsters to humans are documented, one leading to onward household spread. More...
Denmark: Increase in Covid hospitalizations into psychiatric care *17 UPDATES*
There’s been a noticeable change in the nature of Covid hospitalizations in Denmark over the past three weeks. More...
NeoCoV – the closest MERS-CoV relative yet discovered in bats
In this study, we unexpectedly found that NeoCoV and its close relative, PDF-2180-CoV, can efficiently use some types of bat Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and, less favorably, human ACE2 for entry. More...