Category: Transmission
The stunning rise of the Mu variant
The new Mu variant, B.1.621, detected for the first time in Colombia, surpasses Lambda and Delta and is already ranked as the second with the highest circulation in Chile. More...
Netherlands: 12.5 percent of Covid infections contracted at an education facility last week
“One in eight coronavirus infections last week, 12.5 percent, was contracted at an education or childcare facility. More...
UK: firebreak lockdown may be needed after letting virus run rampant all summer
“The UK Government is planning October ‘firebreak’ restrictions if hospital admissions stay high”. More...
California: 112,000 vaccine breakthrough cases, 3,000 hospitalized, 306 deaths
The latest vaccine breakthrough figures for California make sobering reading, showing the extent of the vaccine breakthrough crisis now engulfing the state. More...
BMJ: Allowing mass infection of children is reckless
“Children have suffered significant harms from Covid-19. In just the past two months there have been over 2,300 hospitalisations of under 18s in England. More...
Taiwan: first case of Mu variant found is a vaccine breakthrough case
Taiwan announced its first confirmed case of the Mu variant of COVID-19, a Taiwanese woman who had received two Pfizer vaccine doses in the U.S. More...
Sweden: infected mink found on farm in Skara – “A kind never seen before in Sweden”
A case of SARS-CoV-2 infection in mink has been discovered in connection with the ongoing mandatory disease surveillance that was initiated this summer as a result of an EU decision and which covers all mink farms in the country.
USA: Texas sees coinfections with flu and Covid-19
The Nueces County Public Health District in Texas announced that the County has started seeing people who not only have COVID-19, but the flu as well.
New Zealand to pursue Covid elimination strategy indefinitely
New Zealand will continue to pursue its ambitious Covid-19 elimination strategy indefinitely, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said
The prime minister warned that New Zealand would always need some kind of protection at its border. More...
UK: Why the JVCI are NOT recommending vaccinations for children aged 12yrs – 15yrs
“Overall, the committee is of the opinion that the benefits from vaccination are marginally greater than the potential known harms but acknowledges that there is considerable uncertainty regarding the magnitude of the potential harms. More...