Category: Science
Scientific articles about the coronavirus
Sweden: 43% of patients in ICU are fully vaccinated, and the figure is rising
In September 2021, 23% of those cared for in Swedish IVA (ICU) were fully vaccinated. More...
Vaccinated are more likely to be infected with Covid-19
“We must recognise that unvaccinated people are unlikely to cause any more risk to others than the vaccinated, and perhaps less.” More...
Slovakia: Two week Covid lockdown introduced
Slovakia will be put in lockdown for two weeks from Thursday, November 25th 2021. More...
Croatia: 2 lions infected with Covid at Zagreb zoo
COVID-19 has been found in the feces and nose swabs of two lions in the Zagreb zoo, which is the first confirmation of this virus in a species in a Croatian zoo, the Agriculture Ministry said on Wednesday. More...
CDC: Addition of SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 chimeric viruses to select agents and toxins list
Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Division of Select Agents and Toxins published an Interim Final Rule adding SARS-CoV/SARS-CoV-2 chimeric viruses resulting from any deliberate manipulation of SARS-CoV-2 to incorporate nucleic acids coding for SARS-CoV virulence factors to the list of HHS select agents and toxins. More...
Pandemic high Covid infection numbers in Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland
Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland have all surpassed their previous record highs for infections in the past week or so. More...
B.1.1.529 Omicron: Sars-Cov-2 variant with extremely high number of Spike mutations
“Currently only 4 sequences so would recommend monitoring for now. More...
Slovakian President: “We are losing the fight against the pandemic, we need a lockdown”
“We are losing the fight against the pandemic, we need a lockdown”, said President Zuzana Čaputová on Tuesday after visiting the hospital in Ružinov in Bratislava. More...
Netherlands: compulsory social distancing returns
Social distancing and keeping 1.5 metres apart is to become compulsory again in the Netherlands from Wednesday 25th November, the Dutch justice ministry has announced. More...
UK: Fully vaccinated up to 29 times more likely to catch Covid
The latest UKHSA vaccine report is out, and the vaccine breakthrough figures are simply jaw-dropping. More...









