Category: Reinfection
France: XD recombinant lacks a competitive advantage over BA.2
France has just published a new risk analysis for SARS-CoV-2 variants circulating in the country. More...
Preprint: Rates of COVID-19 among unvaccinated adults with prior infection
Prior COVID-19 (in the unvaccinated) was associated with protection of 85% against any recurrent COVID-19, 88% against hospitalization for COVID-19, and 83% against COVID-19 not requiring hospitalization. More...
Spain: Fully boosted healthcare worker reinfected with SARs-CoV-2 after just 20 days
A fully boosted 31-year-old Spanish woman has contracted two different SARS-CoV-2 variants within three weeks. More...
Paxlovid: Covid-19 infections rebounding a few days after treatment *4 UPDATES*
There are some anecdotal reports on social media today about Covid-19 infections rebounding a few days after taking Paxlovid. More...
UK NHS: 15,000 patients with Covid and rising
A UK NHS leader has given a graphic account of the pressure that the health service is currently under. More...
China: Omicron subvariant detected in Beijing
Chinese state news has announced that they have uncovered new Covid cases in Beijing caused by a subvariant of Omicron. More...
UK: XE growth rate now 12.6% higher than BA.2
“Earlier published growth rates for XE were not significantly different from BA.2, but using the most recent data up to 30 March 2022, XE has a growth rate 12.6% above that of BA.2. More...
Preprint: 100% symptomatic infection with XD recombinant
“This recombinant (XD) exhibits immune escape properties similar to Omicron, while its behavior in mice expressing the human ACE2 receptor is more similar to Delta.” More...
France: Nearly 700,000 Covid reinfections reported
685,858 possible cases of reinfection identified between March 2, 2021 and March 20, 2022, of which 95.2% since December 6, 2021 (start of distribution of the Omicron variant in France). More...
China CDC: Deltacron is a “Grey Rhino” event
China CDC: The wolf is coming – Deltacron is a “Grey Rhino” event. More...