Category: Reinfection

London ablaze with Covid: Brixton has 4,445 Covid cases per 100,000 people

Central and south London are ablaze with Covid. Most areas of London have a case rate of over 1,600 per 100,000 people, and in Brixton, south London, the case rate is an astonishing 4,445 per 100,000 people.  More...

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Imperial College: Omicron is NOT milder than Delta

“We find no evidence (for both risk of hospitalisation attendance and symptom status) of Omicron having different severity from Delta, though data on hospitalisations are still very limited… Omicron was associated with a 5.41 fold higher relative risk of reinfection compared with Delta.”  More...

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Vaccines: Pfizer CEO says fourth dose of vaccine may be needed sooner than expected

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said Wednesday that people might need a fourth Covid-19 shot sooner than expected after preliminary research shows the new Omicron variant can undermine protective antibodies generated by the vaccine the company developed with BioNTech.  More...

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