Category: B.1.617
Deltacron lives! Recombination between Delta and Omicron confirmed in the UK
The UKHSA have confirmed they are monitoring a recombinant variant of Delta and Omicron in the UK. More...
India: Omicron BA.2 is now at 57% of genome samples, but is Delta rising again?
India has seen quite considerable growth in the BA.2 sub-lineage of Omicron recently, lifting it to about 57% of all genome samples, with BA.1 now declining steadily. More...
Netherlands goes into hard lockdown until January 14th 2022
The Netherlands will enter a strict lockdown starting at 5 a.m. More...
Is Delta using Omicron to evade vaccine protection?
A very disturbing development with Delta vaccine breakthrough infections has occurred in Denmark within the last day or so. More...
UK SAGE: 1,000 Omicron hospitalizations a day by new year
BBC Health Reporter: “The number of people needing hospital treatment from the Omicron variant may reach at least 1,000 a day in England by the end of the year without extra restrictions being put in place – Sage scientists have told ministers.” More...
Norway: “situation is more worrying now than in previous pandemic waves”
“The threat from Omicron is enormous”. NIPH director Camilla Stoltenberg says the Omicron variant of the coronavirus can cause a lot of infection and disease, “perhaps more than before in the pandemic”. More...
Germany: Covid lockdown imminent
German Health Minister Jens Spahn on Friday said that the pandemic situation has worsened over the past week and it’s now “more serious than last week,” adding that the country is facing “a national emergency.” More...
Belgium: 54% of COVID-19 patients in ICUs are fully vaccinated
At a press briefing, the virologist Steven Van Gucht gave new figures on the percentage of immunised and non-immunised COVID-19 patients on the country’s intensive care wards.
France: confining the unvaccinated “not necessary in France” says Macron
President Emmanuel Macron believes that the health pass allows the French to be protected from the drastic measures taken in Austria.
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Germany and Czech Republic impose Covid restrictions on the unvaccinated
The presidents of the states of Germany have agreed on Thursday with the central government to introduce restrictions on public life for people who have not been vaccinated against covid-19. More...