Category: Transmission
Netherlands: new pandemic record for Covid cases
The Netherlands exceeded its previous record for new Covid cases yesterday, just hours after new Covid restrictions were announced. More...
South Korea: 50% vaccine breakthrough for new Covid-19 cases
About half of new COVID-19 cases in the South Korea over the past two weeks were breakthrough infections.
China: first Covid cases detected at 2022 Winter Olympics
Organizers of February’s Winter Olympics in Beijing said Friday that two foreign athletes had tested positive for COVID-19 in ongoing test events for the Games. More...
USA: Three snow leopards die of COVID-19 at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo in Nebraska
Three snow leopards have died of COVID-19 at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo in Nebraska, officials say.
UK: Predicting Sars-Cov-2 waves using repeating code snippets
We have been looking at the latest UK Covid chart overnight, and we think we may have spotted a repeating code snippet warning of an imminent new Covid wave for Britain. More...
Netherlands: 3 week Covid lockdown announced
In the Netherlands, a “mild” 3 week lockdown is announced. More...
USA: nearly 59,000 vaccine breakthrough cases, 468 deaths in Massachusetts
Nearly 59,000 fully vaccinated Massachusetts residents have now tested positive for COVID-19 and 468 of them have died. More...
Austria: lockdown for the unvaccinated announced
UPDATE: ** Austria to go head with plan to lockdown the unvaccinated across the entire country **
Austria announces lockdown of the unvaccinated for the entire country – “random checks will be carried out”
Austria will impose a nationwide lockdown for people who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19, becoming the first country in the world to do so, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced on Friday.
Germany: 44% vaccine breakthrough in over-60’s ICU patients
The intensive care doctor Uwe Janssens told the RND that the number of Covid patients with vaccination breakthroughs in intensive care units would continue to increase. More...
Germany: Covid cases jump 26% in one day, top 50,000 for the first time
The number of new corona infections in Germany has risen sharply – and exceeded 50,000 for the first time in the pandemic. More...