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China: man tests positive after 3 weeks in quarantine and 9 negative Covid tests

A man who completed 21 days of mandatory quarantine upon returning to China from overseas has been identified as the likely source of a new Covid outbreak. More...

September 13, 2021 Coronaheadsup.com B.1.617.2, China, Coronavirus, Delta, Infection, PCR, Quarantine, Singapore, Superspreader events, Testing, Transmission, Variants

USA: All Federal employees must be vaccinated

“I have determined that to promote the health and safety of the Federal workforce and the efficiency of the civil service, it is necessary to require COVID-19 vaccination for all Federal employees, subject to such exceptions as required by law.” More...

September 11, 2021 Coronaheadsup.com B.1.617.2, Coronavirus, Delta, Infection, Janssen, Moderna, Pfizer/Biontech, Transmission, USA, Vaccine

WHO: Vaccines won’t save us. We’ll have to learn to live with the virus

The World Health Organization has thrown in the towel and surrendered to Covid. More...

September 10, 2021January 15, 2023 Coronaheadsup.com Africa, America, Asia, Australasia, B.1.617.2, B.1.621, Children, Co-infection, Coronavirus, Deaths, Delta, Europe, Herd Immunity, Hospitalization, Infection, Long Covid, Mental Heath, MU, Recombination, Reinfection, Vaccine, WHO

Public Health England releases detailed vaccine breakthrough information

Public Health England have finally released some detailed vaccine breakthrough data for England this week. More...

September 9, 2021September 18, 2021 Coronaheadsup.com Astrazeneca, B.1.617.2, Coronavirus, Deaths, Delta, Elderly, England, Hospitalization, Infection, London, Moderna, Pfizer/Biontech, UK, Vaccine, Vaccine Breakthrough, Vaccine Waning, Variants

Vaccine breakthrough cases in Washington State to 8th September 2021

This week’s update from Washington State showing vaccine breakthrough cases and which Sars-CoV-2 variant is causing them up to 8th September 2021. More...

September 9, 2021September 18, 2021 Coronaheadsup.com B.1.617.2, Coronavirus, Delta, Janssen, Moderna, Pfizer/Biontech, Washington State

Denmark: 20% vaccine breakthrough rate in August 2021

Of the 9,253 breakthrough infections, 375 people have been admitted to hospital within 14 days of a positive PCR test for Covid-19. More...

September 9, 2021 Coronaheadsup.com Astrazeneca, B.1.617.2, Coronavirus, Deaths, Delta, Denmark, Europe, Herd Immunity, Hospitalization, Infection, Pfizer/Biontech, Vaccine, Vaccine Breakthrough, Vaccine Waning, Variants

USA: children now account for more than one quarter of new weekly US COVID-19 cases

For the first time during the pandemic, children now account for more than one quarter of new weekly US COVID-19 cases, according to the latest report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). More...

September 8, 2021September 8, 2021 Coronaheadsup.com America, B.1.617.2, Children, Coronavirus, Delta, Hospitalization, Infection, MIS-C PIMS, Science, Transmission, USA

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...