Category: Transmission
60% increase in coronavirus infections in French schools in one week
The number of Covid-19 contaminations explodes among the children: they were 15,484 infected on March 19, against 9,221 the previous week, an increase partly attributable to the increase in saliva tests, which reached 250,000 tests carried out on Friday evening. More...
Outbreak of South African coronavirus variant B.1.351 in Uppsala, Sweden
By March 15, 18 cases had been identified by mutation screening, but the region feared the number was just the tip of the iceberg. More...
44% of groundwater samples demonstrated detectable coronavirus in Monterrey, Mexico
This is the first study focused on the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in different freshwater environments of an urban setting. More...
France coronavirus Breton variant: “It worries us as it is more difficult to detect by nasopharyngeal swab and can therefore go unnoticed.”
Will the measures announced be enough to curb the epidemic in France? More...
Galicia reports a new outbreak of coronavirus on a mink farm
SARS-CoV-2 detected in a mink farm in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. More...
Two dead wild mink infected with coronavirus found in Castellon, Spain
Europe’s first infected wild animals. The two dead infected wild mink were found in the Mijares and Palancia rivers, in a border area of Castellón with Teruel, where the only population of wild minks in the Valencian Community can be found. More...
Coronavirus transmission in team sports under investigation in Summit, N.J
According to information released by Summit City, NJ, a significant number of transmissions statewide and locally this week were reported as sports-related and, specifically, during game play, Samples are being tested for variant strains, when possible, to better determine how the virus is spread during team sports. More...
The South African and Brazilian coronavirus variants can now infect mice
Here we show that unlike the initial virus, VOCs are able to infect common laboratory mice, replicating to high titers in the lungs. More...
Myocarditis in naturally infected pets with the British variant B.1.1.7 of coronavirus
We report the first cases of infection of domestic cats and dogs by the British B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 diagnosed at a specialist veterinary hospital in the South-East of England. More...
Sharply rising coronavirus incidence rate in Côtes-d’Armor, Brittany, epicentre of new 20C variant
The coronavirus infection figures for the Covid-19 epidemic in Brittany this Friday show a sharply increasing incidence in the Côtes-d’Armor and Ille-et-Vilaine. More...