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Recombination potential between SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV

A June 2021 preprint looking at the potential for a MERS-CoV/SARS-CoV-2 recombination event is receiving a lot of social media attention today following rumours of MERS-CoV/SARS-CoV-2 infections at the World Cup in Qatar. More...

December 13, 2022December 13, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Africa, Asia, Australia, Camels, Coronavirus, Deaths, Health, Infection, MERS, Qatar, Recombination, Transmission, UK

Denmark’s Covid variant soup is turning into a Covid variant smoothie

When we last checked in October 2022, Denmark had sequenced 120 different Covid variants – this month, they have sequenced 249 Covid variants. More...

November 26, 2022November 26, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, Denmark, Europe, Evolution, Genome, Infection, Mutation, Recombination, Testing, Transmission, Variants

OurWorldinData records massive rise in UK Covid cases

It looks like another OurWorldinData glitch, but it’s worth recording just in case it isn’t. More...

November 26, 2022November 26, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com England, Infection, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Transmission, UK, Wales

Largest ever Covid wave in China sees over 30,000 new infections a day

The recent relaxation in Covid controls in China comes at a heavy price as the largest Covid wave ever reported takes shape. More...

November 24, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Asia, China, Coronavirus, Health, Infection, Lockdown, Transmission

Recombinant SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 variant found in Chinese bats

A new preprint out today has been looking at viruses in Chinese bats and has turned up some surprises – it looks like a recombinant variant of SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 has been found! More...

November 24, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Animals, Asia, Bats, China, Coronavirus, Genome, Health, Infection, Mutation, Preprint, Recombination, Research, Reservoir, Spillover, Testing, Transmission

COVID-19 reinfections increase risk of organ failure, death

New research published in Nature Medicine magazine shows the devastating damage that can be caused to the human body by Covid-19 reinfections, with each reinfection increasing the risk, regardless of vaccination status. More...

November 14, 2022November 15, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, Deaths, Facemasks, Health, Healthcare, Hospitalization, Infection, Long Covid, Mental Heath, Reinfection, Research, Side Effects, Symptoms, Transmission, Vaccine

Preprint: Neutralizing antibodies in deer for at least 13 months for 90% of animals

Another preprint out recently outlines the disturbing prospect of a large SARS-CoV-2 viral reservoir developing in white-tailed deer in the US. More...

November 14, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Animals, Coronavirus, Deer, Genome, Health, Infection, PCR, Persistent Infection, Preprint, Research, Reservoir, Serology, Spillover, Symptoms, Texas, Transmission, USA, Zoonosis

Canada: First evidence of deer-to-human transmission

A recent report from Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, Canada, gives details of a highly mutated strain of SARS-CoV-2, and evidence of deer-to-human transmission. More...