Category: Science
Scientific articles about the coronavirus
Ireland: more Covid cases between Christmas and New Year than in the whole of 2020
More than 120,000 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Ireland since Christmas Day. More...
Global winter wave of 2021 is now 50% higher than last year’s winter wave
The current global winter wave is already about 50% higher than last year’s wave, peaking at 14.5 million biweekly cases yesterday. More...
UKHSA: Vaccine effectiveness drops to just 40% – 50% ten weeks after booster dose
Two to 4 weeks after a booster dose, vaccine effectiveness ranged from around 65% to 75%, dropping to 55% to 70% at 5 to 9 weeks and 40% to 50% from 10+ weeks after the booster. More...
France: new Sars-CoV-2 variant B.1.640.2 with N501Y and E484K detected
Twelve SARS-CoV-2 positive patients living in southeastern France are infected with a variant with atypical mutations. More...
Preprint: Omicron infection enhances neutralizing immunity against the Delta variant
“We enrolled both previously vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals who were infected with SARS-CoV-2 in the Omicron infection wave in South Africa soon after symptom onset. More...
Israel considers herd immunity through mass infection
Senior Israeli Health Ministry officials are reportedly weighing a switch to a policy of reaching herd immunity through mass infection by Covid-19. More...
China: Covid rule breakers humiliated in public walk of shame
Four Covid-19 rule-breakers in hazmat suits, carrying placards displaying their names and photos, were paraded in front of a large crowd in Jingxi city this week. More...
“The simplest virus is a hundred times more intelligent than all the most intelligent virologists on the planet”
“The simplest virus is a hundred times more intelligent than all the most intelligent virologists on the planet”, says Verónica Casado, the former head of the Ministry of Health in Castilla y León, Spain. More...
Faroe Islands: 63% breakthrough in triple vaccinated heathcare workers
21 out of 33 hospital employees from the National Hospital in the Faroe Islands were infected with Omikron at a private meeting in early December. More...
Spain: Delta and Omicron coinfections detected
Omicron and Delta coinfections have been detected in Spain for the first time. More...