Category: Transmission
China: 60,000 Covid deaths in one month *2 Updates*
Just one day after we suggested that China’s recent Covid death toll would be “horrendous“, Chinese authorities have announced that there have been 60,000 Covid deaths for the month of December 2022 alone. More...
A huge wave of Covid-19 deaths is rolling across the globe *1 Update*
A huge winter wave of Covid deaths is spreading across the world, almost entirely unreported by the mainstream media. More...
ECDC: Assessment of the XBB.1.5 Kraken variant
The European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has published a risk assessment for the XBB.1.5 Kraken SARS-CoV-2 variant, which we have republished below. More...
WHO: Rapid Risk Assessment for XBB.1.5 published
The World Health Organisation has issued a rapid risk assessment for the Omicron XBB.1.5 variant (aka Kraken), which we are republishing below. More...
Record Covid deaths in Japan, pneumonia increases in Italy
Just two days ago, the WHO warned of an increase in Covid deaths across the globe. More...
XBB.1.5 the most transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variant so far
Full video of the comments concerning XBB.1.5 at a World Health Organization briefing today. More...
The stunning global growth of XBB.1.5
An incredible new visualisation showing the growth of XBB.1.5 across the globe, created by Mike Honey. More...
Bloom Lab: Why is XBB.1.5 so contagious?
One of the world’s top Covid labs explains how Omicron XBB.1.5 has learned new tricks to become more transmissible than other SARS-CoV-2 variants. More...
UK: Keep kids at home if they are sick, adults should wear a mask
UKHSA: Keep kids at home if they are sick, unwell adults should wear a facemask.
More...XBB.1.5 already outcompeting its closest relatives in England
The latest Sanger Institute data for England show that the recombinant Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is already outcompeting its familial lineages XBB, XBB.1.1 and XBB.2. More...