Category: Reinfection
Preprint: Emergence and widespread circulation of a recombinant SARS-CoV-2 lineage in North America
We present a detailed phylogenetic analysis of four SARS-CoV-2 lineages (B.1.627, B.1.628, B.1.631 and B.1.634) in order to investigate the possibility of virus recombination among them. More...
USA: CDC quietly backs away from herd immunity
The prospects for meeting a clear herd-immunity target are “very complicated,” said Dr. More...
Canada: Covid transmission between mink, between mink and humans, and humans back to mink
The Canadian provincial Minister of Agriculture Lana Popham unveiled a process to permanently phase out the farming of mink, due to concerns over COVID-19. More...
Europe: explosive Covid growth rates, steeper than the winter wave of 2020 in many countries
Europe is seeing some stunning increases in the daily Covid case rate across much of the continent. More...
Austria: more than 50% of Covid hospital patients are double vaccinated
“The number of infections among vaccinated people is too high. More...
Germany: As many Covid patients in ICU as a year ago, deaths are even higher
Despite vaccination, about as many Covid patients are currently being treated in the intensive care unit as a year ago. More...
UK approves oral Covid drug Molnupiravir for use
UK Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid said “Today is a historic day for our country, as the UK is now the first country in the world to approve an antiviral that can be taken at home for COVID-19. More...
China: Zero Covid is still less costly than living with it
China’s top respiratory diseases expert has defended the country’s zero-Covid strategy against scrutiny from some public health experts, saying it was still less costly than living with the disease and reintroducing restrictions each time outbreaks occurred. More...
Will the UK’s mass Covid infection experiment pay off?
On the 19th July 2021, Britain’s mass Covid infection experiment began. More...
