Category: Transmission
UK: 1500 cases of Long Covid a day at current infection rates
ZOE’s predicted Long COVID incidence rate currently estimates, at current case rates, 1,490 people a day will go on to experience symptoms for longer than 12 weeks
The ZOE COVID Study incidence figures (new symptomatic cases) are based on reports from around 750,000 thousand weekly contributors and the proportion of newly symptomatic users who have received positive swab tests. More...
Beijing “alerted residents not to leave” due to Covid outbreaks
The Beijing Health Commission alerted residents not to leave Beijing unless necessary amid flare-ups, and asked residents who have not returned to Beijing to postpone the schedule. More...
Five million Covid dead, 250 million infected in less than two years
At least five million people have died, and 250 million have been infected with Sars-Cov-2 in less than two years. More...
Scotland: 88% of Covid deaths and 66% of new Covid cases are fully vaccinated
The Covid-19 situation for the fully vaccinated in Scotland continues to deteriorate. More...
Evidence of two global Covid waves in 2020, and estimating the pandemic start date
Global Covid waves have been easy to spot in 2021 with their distinctive sine wave pattern, but what about 2020, when testing was largely limited to those with symptoms until late into that year? More...
China: three cities locked down as Covid winter wave rolls in
The Chinese city of Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu in China, and Ejin, in the Inner Mongolia region have been locked down by China following fresh coronavirus outbreaks.
Will the UK’s mass Covid infection experiment pay off?
On the 19th July 2021, Britain’s mass Covid infection experiment began. More...
Decoding Sars-Cov-2: How are global Covid waves formed, and can we predict future waves?
Global Covid waves are formed by smaller continental waves combining to create the unique global sine wave pattern we have seen in 2021. More...
India seeing a rise in Covid deaths without a corresponding rise in cases
India has seen an unusual increase in Covid deaths over the last week without a corresponding rise in Covid cases. More...
USA: Covid vaccine breakthrough in three more tigers
San Diego Zoo officials announced Wednesday that three of their Malaysian tigers have COVID-19, marking the first wildlife cases the organization has reported since vaccinating hundreds of animals this summer. More...