Category: Transmission
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Uganda closes schools after eight children die of Ebola
23 Ebola cases have been confirmed amongst Ugandan schoolkids, and eight deaths have been reported. More...
Preprint: Widespread wildlife exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in the Eastern United States
Species that tested PCR positive for SARS-CoV-2 included bobcats, opossums, squirrels, foxes, deer and rabbits. More...
Emma Hodcroft analyses the XBB recombinant variant
This is one of those very rare occasions when an entire Twitter thread is worth republishing as it answers so many common questions. More...