Category: Variants
China: Shanghai empty on first day of Covid lockdown
Some pretty extraordinary images of Shanghai on it’s first day of Covid lockdown today. More...
Bill Gates: “Omicron, is a type of vaccine…”
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was recently recorded as saying “Sadly, the virus itself, particularly, the variant called omicron, is a type of vaccine, that is, it creates both B-cell and T-cell immunity, and it’s done a better job getting out to the world population than we have with vaccines.” More...
UK: XE may have a growth rate ~10% greater than Omicron BA.2 *1 UPDATE*
“Early growth rates for XE were not significantly different from BA.2, but using the most recent data up to 16 March 2022, XE has a growth rate 9.8% above that of BA.2.” More...
France: XD Deltacron recombinant latest *1 UPDATE*
France has given a little more detail about the Deltacron hybrid virus found circulating in various regions there. More...
Deltacron: XD and XF recombinants now ECDC Variants under Monitoring
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have added Deltacron recombinants XD and XF to their list of Variants under Monitoring. More...
SARS-CoV-2 potential recombinants in Brazil, Belgium, France, Netherlands, US, Finland, Puerto Rico, Spain
SARS_CoV-2 recombinants seem to have been popping up across the globe recently. More...
Denmark Covid-19 Trends Report – Week 12
Denmark’s Covid-19 trends report for Week 12 of 2022 shows BA.2_H78Y is still stable at about 28% of sequences. More...
Preprint: Identification of Deltacron recombinants in the United States
In this report, we describe viruses with recombinant genomes containing signature mutations from Delta and Omicron variants. More...
China CDC: Deltacron is a “Grey Rhino” event
China CDC: The wolf is coming – Deltacron is a “Grey Rhino” event. More...









