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Italy: 385 Covid deaths and 188,000 new cases in one day despite the harshest restrictions on Earth

Where did it all go wrong for Italy? The pandemic got off to a hideous start in Bergamo, Northern Italy, in 2020, and the country has since gone from one crisis to another in the pandemic. More...

January 20, 2022January 21, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Astrazeneca, Coronavirus, Deaths, Delta, Hospitalization, Infection, Italy, Omicron, Pfizer/Biontech, Reinfection, Revaccination, Transmission, Vaccine, Vaccine Breakthrough, Vaccine Waning

UK: 1,129 Covid deaths in three days

There have been 1,129 Covid deaths in the last 3 days in the UK. More...

January 20, 2022January 20, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com BA.1, BA.2, Coronavirus, Deaths, England, Herd Immunity, Hospitalization, Infection, London, Long Covid, Northern Ireland, Omicron, Reinfection, Scotland, Transmission, UK, Vaccine, Vaccine Breakthrough, Vaccine Waning, Wales

Israel: Fourth dose of vaccine gives limited protection against Omicron infection

Preliminary results from the study conducted at Sheba Medical Center showed that after receiving the fourth shot, participants developed higher coronavirus antibody levels, but they were only partly effective in preventing Omicron infections. More...

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, Hospitalization, Infection, Israel, Moderna, Omicron, Pfizer/Biontech, Reinfection, Revaccination, Vaccine, Vaccine Breakthrough, Vaccine Waning

Denmark: Omicron sub-variant BA.2 outcompetes BA.1

In December 2021, the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron accounted for just two percent of the samples analysed. More...

January 15, 2022January 21, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com BA.1, BA.2, Coronavirus, Denmark, Europe, Infection, Omicron, Reinfection, Symptoms, Transmission, Vaccine

USA: New daily Covid case rate is higher than any previous GLOBAL wave

BNONews are reporting that the USA has recorded 926,693 new Covid cases today, a new 7 day record. More...

January 15, 2022January 16, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com America, Coronavirus, Hospitalization, Infection, Omicron, Reinfection, Testing, Transmission, USA

UK SAGE: New Omicron wave predicted for April 2022

“These projections are extended to the end of July 2022. More...

January 14, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, England, Europe, Hospitalization, Infection, London, Northern Ireland, Omicron, Reinfection, Scotland, Transmission, UK, Vaccine, Vaccine Breakthrough, Vaccine Waning, Wales

Spain: Healthcare workers should sacrifice themselves for the public good

A Spanish judge has ruled “health workers had the obligation to sacrifice their right to life and integrity, even without masks, for the benefit of the life and integrity of the rest of the population.” More...

January 14, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, Europe, Healthcare, Hospitalization, Infection, PPE, Reinfection, Spain

UK: Covid-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths by vaccination status for week 2, 2022

A new report out today by the UK Health and Security Agency gives figures for Covid infections, hospitalizations and deaths by vaccination status for the period in which Omicron became dominant in Britain. More...

January 13, 2022January 30, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Astrazeneca, Children, Coronavirus, Deaths, Elderly, England, Healthcare, Hospitalization, Moderna, Northern Ireland, Omicron, Pfizer/Biontech, Reinfection, Revaccination, Scotland, Transmission, UK, Vaccine, Vaccine Breakthrough, Vaccine Waning, Wales

Long COVID patients lack naive T and B cells

Nature article: “Patients with long COVID had highly activated innate immune cells, lacked naive T and B cells and showed elevated expression of type I IFN (IFN-β) and type III IFN (IFN-λ1) that remained persistently high at 8 months after infection”

“T cell activation (indicated by CD38 and HLA-DR), T cell exhaustion and increases in B cell plasmablasts occur during severe COVID-19”

Full Nature article: Immunological dysfunction persists for 8 months following initial mild-to-moderate SARS-CoV-2 infection

Dear people, please understand: the crux of these assumptions lie on prior t cell immunity, and the virus is one step ahead in this regard; it kills cd8+ t cells.