Category: Variants
BA.2.75.2 and BQ.1.1 approaching SARS-1 levels of escape
A new Twitter thread out today from Yunlong Cao gives further details about the variants BA.2.75 and BQ.1.1.… ...More...
Japan: More than 800 infected with Covid after dance festival superspreader event
819 people were found to have been infected with coronavirus after a summer dance festival turned into a Covid superspreader event.… ...More...
Research: All COVID-19 infections include a wide mix of SARS-CoV-2 virus variants
A fascinating peer reviewed research study that concludes that ALL Covid infections include multiple variants of the virus!… ...More...
ECDC designates BA.2.75 a Variant of Concern
Marco Cavaleri, Head of Health Threats and Vaccines Strategy at the European Medicines Agency has revealed today that the Omicron variant BA.2.75 is now being monitored as a Variant of Concern (VOC) by the ECDC.… ...More...
BA.2.75.2 “exhibits more extreme antibody escape than any variant we’ve seen so far”
Two preprints have been published over the last few days that give more details about the Omicron BA.2.75.2 sublineage.… ...More...
Japan: 89% of those who died of Covid in the latest wave had moderate symptoms
Japan says an increasing percentage of people are dying after developing moderate symptoms of COVID-19.… ...More...
Research: “Omicron variant is highly likely a product of artificial genetic modification”
An extraordinary claim in a research paper just released: that the Omicron variant could be a product of artificial genetic modification.… ...More...
BA.2.75.2: The “most immune evasive strain we have tested so far”
A Twitter post from Covid researcher Yunlong Cao claims that Omicron BA.2.75.2 is “currently the most immune evasive strain we have tested so far”.… ...More...
Netherlands: Five scenarios for the future of the pandemic
The Netherlands has published a new guide to the future of the pandemic, laying out five possible scenarios for its evolution, including a worst-case scenario.… ...More...
BA.2.75 is rapidly picking up multiple beneficial spike mutations
“BA.2.75* could become dominant globally by the end of October“.
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Preprint: BA.2.75 centaurus may be much more infective than pre-existing variants
“These results suggest that BA.2.75 can cause more severe respiratory disease than BA.5 and BA.2.”… ...More...
Australia: 12% of the workforce off sick with long Covid
An estimated 31,000 Australian workers are calling in sick every day because of the debilitating symptoms of long COVID.… ...More...
XAY Delta-Omicon recombinant under observation
A new SARS-CoV-2 recombinant lineage from South Africa has been highlighted by Tulio de Oliveira, Director of the Centre for Epidemic Response & Innovation in South Africa today.… ...More...
Japan: Record-breaking Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths
Japan has seen record-breaking Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the past few days.… ...More...